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partition of India
1947 Partition of British India
Treaty of Lausanne
1923 peace treaty between Turkey and the Allies
Babylonian captivity
period in Jewish history during which a number of people from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were captives in Babylon
persecution of Uyghurs in China
ongoing persecution of ethnic and religious minorities in northwestern China under Xi Jinping's administration
Fall of Saigon
1975 capture of Saigon by the People’s Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
Emergency
21-month period in the history of India
Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip
end of Israeli occupation and colonization of Gaza Strip in 2005
Chagossians
The Chagossians, also known as Chagos Islanders and '''''' (), are an Afro-Asian ethnic group originating from freed African slaves as well as people of Asian (South Asian and Malay) descent brought to the Chagos Islands, specifically Diego Garcia, Peros Banhos, and the Salomon island chain, in the late 18th century. Under international law, they are the indigenous peoples of the Chagos archipelago, as they are descended from the earliest human settlers of the islands. Most Chagossians now live in Mauritius, Seychelles, and the United Kingdom after the forced removal by the British government
list of Palestinian refugee camps
Wikimedia list article
Muhacir
thumb|250px|Muhacirs arriving in Istanbul crossing the [[Galata Bridge, Ottoman Empire, in 1912, with the New Mosque in the background]] Muhacir is a term referring to Ottoman Muslim citizens and their descendants born after the onset of the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. Muhacirs overwhelmingly self-identified as Muslims and their numbers are estimated in the millions. The refugees from Macedonia, Bulgaria, and parts of Serbia had primarily Anatolian Turkish background. Other backgrounds included Albanians, Bosniaks, Chechens, Circassians, Crimean Tatars, Pomaks, Macedonian Muslims, Greek
1948 Palestinian exodus
ethnic cleansing, expulsion, and flight of Palestinians during the 1948 Palestine war
Operation Keelhaul
forced repatriation of former Soviet Armed Forces POWs of Germany
Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus
genocide of Hindus from the Kashmir Valley in the 1990s
2025 Donald Trump Gaza Strip takeover proposal
2025 proposal by Donald Trump
Assyrian captivity
ancient Israelites relocated by the Neo-Assyrian Empire
Persecution of Zoroastrians
Religious persecution
persecution of Christians by the Islamic State
overview of the systematic genocide of Christians by the Islamic State
Ulupamir
Ulupamir is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Erciş, Van Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,544 (2022). The village is located 132 kilometres from Van and 32 kilometres from Erciş. The village shares Turkey's continental climate zone.
special settlements in the Soviet Union
involuntary settlements for deported minorities in the Soviet Union
Asia Minor Slavs
historic ethnic group
Panun Kashmir
proposed union territory of India
Indian Ocean slave trade
Overview of the topic
Indochina refugee crisis
outflow of 3 million refugees from Communism in the late 20th century
Kadim
thumb|Kadim and Ganim on the 2018 [[OCHA OpT map of Jenin]] Kadim () was an Israeli settlement on a hilltop in the northern West Bank, just west of the large Palestinian city of Jenin, under the administrative jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council.
Syrian towns and villages depopulated in the Arab–Israeli conflict
Palestinian exodus from Kuwait (1990–91)
emigration during and after the Gulf War
Red Sea slave trade
Black Sea slave trade
Trafficking of people across the Black Sea
opposition to the partition of India
political viewpoint in South Asian politics
Persecution of gay and bisexual men by ISIL
overview of the systematic persecution of LGBT people by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Persecution of Shias by ISIL
overview of the systematic persecution of Shia Muslims by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Cambodian humanitarian crisis
Events resulting in death, displacement or resettlement abroad
Resettlement policy of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
Policy of resettlement of population by Neo-Assyrian Empire
Briggs Plan
1950 British forced resettlement plan during the Malayan Emergency
Ganim
thumb|Kadim and Ganim on the 2018 [[OCHA OpT map of Jenin]] Ganim () was an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank, just west of the large Palestinian city of Jenin, under the administrative local government of the Shomron Regional Council. Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are illegal under international law.
Operation Dragon King
military operation in Arakan, Burma (present-day Rakhine State, Myanmar)
1949–1956 Palestinian exodus
continuation of the 1948 Palestinian exodus
Great Clearance
Qing evacuation of the coastal areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangnan, and Shandong in order to fight the Taiwan-based anti-Qing loyalist movement
Delhi Agreement
agreement signed between India, Pakistan and Bangladesh allowed the repatriation of prisoners of war and interned officials held in the three countries after the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.
2006 deportation of Georgians from Russia
mass deportation of ethnic Georgians in Russia
refugees in India
overview of legally registered refugees residing in India