Palau Emigration and Immigration

Palau 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.

Immigration into Palau

 * Spain was the first European nation to invade the islands in the 16th century, and they were made part of the Spanish East Indies in 1574. *Following Spain's defeat in the Spanish–American War in 1898, the islands were sold to Germany in 1899 under the terms of the German–Spanish Treaty, where they were administered as part of German New Guinea.
 * After World War I, the islands were made a part of the Japanese-ruled South Seas Mandate by the League of Nations.
 * After World War II, along with other Pacific Islands, Palau was made a part of the United States-governed Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in 1947.
 * The islands gained full sovereignty in 1994.
 * The population of Palau is approximately 17,907, of whom 73% are native Palauans of mixed Melanesian and Austronesian descent.
 * There are many Asian communities within Palau. Filipinos form the largest Asian group and second largest ethnic group in the country, dating back to the Spanish colonial period. There are significant numbers of Chinese and Koreans. There are also smaller numbers of Palauans of mixed or full Japanese ancestry. Smaller numbers of Bangladeshi and Nepalese migrant workers and their descendants who came to the islands during the late 1900s can also be found. Most Palauans of Asian origin came during the late 1900s with many Chinese, Bangladeshis and Nepalese coming to Palau as unskilled workers and professionals. There are also small numbers of Europeans and Americans.

Emigration From Palau
KNOMAD Statistics: Emigrants: 5,600. Top destination countries: the United States, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Vietnam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, the Philippines, Canada, Australia, Brazil