title: Order No. R-004 creating two departments within the National Directorate of Civil Status and Population: a department of Mauritanians abroad and a department of refugees, 18 January 1988.
abstract: This Order creates two departments within the National Directorate of Civil Status and Population: a department of Mauritanians abroad and a department of refugees.  The first of these is to occupy itself with all questions tied to the oversight of Mauritanian groupings abroad and the second with the problems of refugees within Mauritania.
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000352:Africa, Northern; D000354:Africa, Western; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006285:Health Planning; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D008435:Mauritania; D008877:Middle East; D009934:Organization and Administration; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012036:Refugees; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Arab Countries; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Emigrants--legal aspects; French Speaking Africa; International Migration--legal aspects; Legislation; Mauritania; Migrants; Migration; Organization And Administration; Population; Population Dynamics; Program Activities; Programs; Refugees--legal aspects; Western Africa