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Given the island's importance for international shipping routes and limited opportunities locally, Mauritian Creole people settled internationally before some of these countries were founded as nations. For example, Mauritians settled on the continent of
Australia before federation of the nation.
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elite controlled nearly all of the large sugar estates and was active in business and banking. As the Indian population became numerically dominant after independence from
British rule and the voting franchise was extended, political and economic power shifted from the Franco-Mauritians and their
492:
Subsequent to a
Constitutional amendment in 1982, there is no need for Mauritians to reveal their ethnic identities for the purpose of population census. Official statistics on ethnicity are not available. The 1972 census was the last one to measure ethnicity.
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labour began with Indian, Chinese, Malay, African and
Malagasy labourers, but ultimately, it was India which supplied the much needed labourers to Mauritius, mainly sugar cane workers. This period of intensive use of Indian labour took place during
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419:, with many brutal episodes and a long struggle by the indentured for respect. The term applied to the indentured during this period, and which has since become a derogatory term for Mauritians of Asian descent, was
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from any combination of the aforementioned ethnic groups. Creol-Mauritian is the blending of the different cultures; this is why it is complex to define Creol-Mauritian.
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was abolished on 1 February 1835, an attempt was made to secure a cheap source of adaptable labour for intensive sugar plantations in
Mauritius.
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in order to work as indentured labourers after slavery was abolished in 1835. Included in the Indo-Mauritian community are
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769:"Table 1.3: Overseas-born population in the United Kingdom by country of birth and sex, January 2020 to December 2020"
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423:. The island soon became the key-point in the trade of indentured labourers, as thousands of Indians set forth from
366:, multi-cultural and multi-religious peoples. Mauritian is made up of blended groups of people who come mainly from
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The meeting of a mosaic of people from Europe, India, Africa and China began a process of hybridisation and
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trace their origins to the plantation owners and slaves who were brought to work the sugar fields. When
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692:. Aboriginal people from islands south of the continent likewise settled in Australia.
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Australian
Government, Department of Immigration and Border Protection (2011 census)
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and their descendants in various countries around the world, mainly Great
Britain (
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are descended from Indian immigrants who arrived in the 19th century via the
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compiles data on religious affiliation every ten years during census.
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has termed "coolitude". This social reality is a major reference for
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Ministry of
Finance & Economic Development (January–June 2012).
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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Figure given is the central estimate. See the source for 95%
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1158:"Mauritius. Immigration history from Mauritius to Victoria"
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Their ancestors and more recent migrants are now known as
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733:"Population and vital statistics Republic of Mauritius"
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Coolitude: An
Anthology of the Indian Labour Diaspora
895:"The Mauritius-born Community: Historical Background"
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and their descendants. Mauritius is a melting pot of
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996:(with Marina Carter, Anthem Press, London, 2002)
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104:
1015:"A critical appraisal of the Best Loser System"
947:https://en.wikipedia.org/Immigration_to_Canada
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73:(Mauritian ancestry and citizenship worldwide)
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672:The Mauritian diaspora consists of Mauritian
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876:
500:
124:
84:
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453:(17.2%) from the Indian subcontinent. The
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1041:M. Rafic Soormally (10 September 2012).
660:Mauritian diaspora in the United Kingdom
449:(48.5% of the Mauritian population) and
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1098:: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
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465:frictions and dialogues, which poet
79:Regions with significant populations
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380:Mozambique, Madagascar and Zanzibar
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901:. 19 November 2013. Archived from
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386:(White/European Mauritians), and
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1117:"The World FactBook - Mauritius"
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390:descent, as well as those of a
1162:origins.museumsvictoria.com.au
773:Office for National Statistics
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13:
1:
1043:"Debate on Best Loser System"
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1013:La Redaction (5 June 2008).
664:Mauritian diaspora in France
7:
926:"Presentation of Mauritius"
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599:Ethnic groups of Mauritius
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516:Ethnic groups of Mauritius
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862:"Présentation de Maurice"
702:Demographics of Mauritius
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119:43,000 (2020 estimate)
1182:Maggie Walter (2006).
481:where it represents a
477:and is widely used in
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1728:Mauritian expatriates
1020:L'Express (Mauritius)
690:Mauritian Australians
529:Percent of population
360:Republic of Mauritius
928:. diplomatie.gouv.fr
864:. diplomatie.gouv.fr
787:confidence intervals
495:Statistics Mauritius
1316:Islets of Mauritius
905:on 13 February 2014
775:. 17 September 2021
749:on 19 November 2012
712:Jean-Raymond Boulle
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1561:Telecommunications
1427:Chagos Archipelago
1401:Rivière du Rempart
1122:The World Factbook
1049:on 21 January 2015
707:List of Mauritians
654:Mauritian diaspora
598:
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1607:Franco-Mauritians
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1477:Foreign relations
1440:
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1295:Cargados Carajos
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