Burkina Faso Emigration and Immigration

Online Sources

 * 1897-1914 French Overseas Civil Registration, Upper Volta, 1897-1914, index and images.

Burkina Faso Emigration and Immigration
"Emigration" means moving out of a country. "Immigration" means moving into a country. Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups.

Historical Background
Name changes: The area was part of Upper Senegal and Niger colony of French West Africa from 1904-1919. Then it was part of French Upper Volta until 1932. That colony was dismantled on 5 September 1932, being split between the French colonies of Côte d'Ivoire, French Sudan and Niger. Côte d'Ivoire received the largest share, which contained most of the population as well as the cities of Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso. After World War II, on 4 September 1947, the Upper Volta colony was revived as a part of the French Union, with its previous boundaries. On 11 December 1958, it was reconstituted as the self-governing Republic of Upper Volta within the French Community, and two years later on 5 August 1960, it attained full independence. On 4 August 1984, the name was changed to Burkina Faso.

Emigration From Burkina Faso
KNOMAD Statistics: Emigrants: 1,518,063. Top destination countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Togo, Italy, Benin, France, Nigeria, Gabon