Forced migration

A refugee, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), is a person "forced to flee their own country and seek safety in another country. They are unable to return to their own country because of feared persecution as a result of who they are, what they believe in or say, or because of armed conflict, violence or serious public disorder." Such a person may be called an asylum seeker until granted refugee status by a contracting state or by the UNHCR if they formally make a claim for asylum.

dam in Aswan, Egypt

various ways of displacing or exterminating human beings from another ethnic group from a territory

slave trade across the Atlantic Ocean between the 16th and 19th centuries

[[File:South_Africa_%26_South_West_Africa_Bantustans_Map.svg|right|thumb|350px|Map of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia). This map shows the bantustans that were present in both territories.

person forced to leave their home who remains within their country

pair of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946

individual who seeks refuge, esp. political asylum, in a foreign country

involuntary or coerced movement of a person or persons away from their home or home region

right|thumb|250px|Haitian migrants are escorted off the Coast Guard Cutter Tampas fantail to an awaiting Haitian Coast Guard vessel during repatriation. thumb|right|250px|The crew of USS Pueblo (AGER-2)|USS Pueblo as it arrives at the U.N. Advance Camp, [[Korean Demilitarized Zone, on 23 December 1968, following their release by the North Korean government]] Repatriation is the return of a thing or person to its or their country of origin. The term may refer to non-human entities, such as converting a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country, as well as the return of military pe

thumbnail|An early painting of the first migration of the Fengu people|Fengu, one of the affected peoples of the Mfecane

refugees and displaced persons from the ongoing conflict

thumb|Erik Henningsen's painting Eviction held by the [[National Gallery of Denmark.1892]] thumb|Royal Irish Constabulary|RIC and [[Hussars at an eviction-Ireland 1888]] thumb|250px|Two men with children, being evicted, stand with their possessions on the sidewalk, circa 1910, on the Lower East Side of [[New York City.]]

relocation of convicted criminals to a distant place

A convict is "a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison". Convicts are often also known as "prisoners" or "inmates" or by the slang term "con", while a common label for former convicts, especially those recently released from prison, is "ex-con" ("ex-convict"). Persons convicted and sentenced to non-custodial sentences tend not to be described as "convicts".

movement of a large group of people from one region to another

expulsion of Asian minority's in Uganda ordered by the President of Uganda, Idi Amin, in August of 1972,

1755–1764 British forced removal of Acadians from Maritime Canada

migration movement that is judged critically due to dimensions or conditions

Relocation of Inuit population by Canada

humanitarian crisis in South America

slave trade

Mitma was a policy of forced resettlement employed by the Incas. It involved the forceful migration of groups of extended families or ethnic groups from their home territory to lands recently conquered by the Incas. The objective was to transfer both loyalty to the state and a cultural baggage of Inca culture such as language, technology, economic and other resources into areas that were in transition.

refugees of the 2011 Libyan Crisis

Attacks on fleeing Palestinians

eliminating groups of people for political reasons

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refugees who fled the Yemeni civil war