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8. The Irish Potato Famine – 1,500,000 People Displaced. In the mid-19th-century, nearly half of the population of Ireland relied on potatoes as their primary source of nutrition. Much of the best farmland in Ireland had long ago been collected into estates which were barred to the Catholic population.
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Forced displacement. Forced displacement (also forced migration or forced relocation) is an involuntary or coerced movement of a person or people away from their home or home region. The UNHCR defines 'forced displacement' as follows: displaced "as a result of persecution, conflict, generalized violence or human rights violations". [2]
For Canada, the arrival of this large wave of people marked a notable chapter in the nation’s immigration history. While the largest groups of displaced persons to come were Poles and Ukrainians, there were also a significant number of Holocaust survivors and Jews as well as Croatians, Czechoslovakians, Estonians, Hungarians, Latvians, Lithuanians, Romanians and Yugoslavians.
Sep 15, 2020 · The Last Million: Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War. From bestselling author David Nasaw, a sweeping new history of the one million refugees left behind in Germany after WWII ...
Jun 21, 2024 · An estimated 9.1 million people were displaced within Sudan, the largest internally displaced population ever reported. This was followed by Syria (7.2 million), and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (6.7 million). In war-torn Gaza, more than eight in 10 people have been displaced, amounting to 1.9 million civilians. Haiti has also ...
43.4 million refugees. 31.6 million refugees under UNHCR’s mandate. 5.8 million other people in need of international protection. 6 million Palestine refugees under UNRWA’s mandate. The chart has 1 Y axis displaying People (millions). Data ranges from 13010000 to 43360000.
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Sep 22, 2015 · Some of the worst crises involving displaced people since World War II. By Giada Zampano, Liam Moloney, Jovi Juan. Published Sept. 22, 2015. Sort by.
