Forced displacement
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Forced displacement 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 perse
Syrian and Iraqi migrants arriving in Lesbos, Greece, in 2015 seeking refuge.
Damage to residence in Nias, Indonesia from the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
Jews forcibly displaced by the Nazi regime during Germany's WWII occupation of Poland, loaded onto trains for transport to concentration camps.
Children of undocumented immigrants from Latin America to the United States detained in the Ursula Detention Center, McAllen, Texas, June 2017
Dekulakization
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Dekulakization was a campaign of repression in the Soviet Union directed against so-called kulaks, a loosely defined category of supposedly wealthy or exploitative peasants. The campaign involved mass
Forced displacement
…people around the world were forcibly displaced by the end of 2022, with the majority coming from the Global South. General deportation currents of the dekulakization of the Soviet Union, 1930–1931 Definitions Governments, NGOs, other international organizations and social scientists have defined forced displacement…
A parade under the banners "We will liquidate the kulaks as a class" and "All to the struggle against the wreckers of agriculture"
Children of kulaks in Northern krai, 1930
Kulak women in a forest cutting 1930
1930s Soviet propaganda poster stating: "Oust kulaks from kolkhozes!"