Population transfer

Population transfer is a term referring to a policy by which a state forces the movement of a large group of people out of a region, invariably on the basis of ethnicity or religion. By contrast, individuals and smaller groups of their politically effective adherents may be banished or exiled for political reasons.

Related Topics:
Banished - Exile

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Often, the affected population would be transferred to a region not adjacent or even suited to their way of life, the transfer would be forced, and would cause them substantial harm.

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When two populations are transferred in opposite directions at about the same time, the process has been called a population exchange. Such exchanges took place as late as the early 20th century, e.g. as part of agreements between post-Ottoman Turkey and Greece.

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