Refugee

:This article is for the group of people as defined by international law. For the description of "refugee" as casually used for any person who has been forced to leave their home, see displaced person.

Historical refugee crises

Huguenot refugees

After the signing of the Edict of Fontainebleau in 1685, which outlawed Protestantism in France, hundreds of thousands of Huguenots fled to England, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark and Prussia.

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Edict of Fontainebleau - 1685 - Protestantism - France - Huguenot - England - Netherlands - Switzerland - Denmark - Prussia

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Armenian refugees during Armenian Genocide

During the Armenian Genocide, perpetrated by Turkey during World War I, hundreds of thousands of Armenians fled the country, mainly to Russia. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/spotlights/p_lordmayor.htm

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Armenian Genocide - World War I - Armenians

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Jewish diaspora during WWII

The Nazi persecution culminated in the Holocaust of European Jewry. The British Mandate of Palestine prohibited Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel. The Bermuda Conference, Evian Conference and other attempts failed to resolve the problem of Jewish refugees, a fact widely used in Nazi propaganda.

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Nazi - Holocaust - Europe - British Mandate of Palestine - Land of Israel - Bermuda Conference - Evian Conference - Jewish refugees - Nazi propaganda

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Bengali Refugees in India in 1971

As a result of the Bangladesh Liberation War, on 27 March 1971, Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, expressed full support of her Government to the Bangladeshi struggle for freedom. The Bangladesh-India border was opened to allow the tortured and panic-stricken Bengalis safe shelter in India. The governments of West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura established refugee camps along the border. Exiled Bangladeshi army officers and voluntary workers from India immediately started using these camps for recruitment and training of freedom fighters (members of Mukti Bahini).

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Bangladesh Liberation War - 27 March - 1971 - Indira Gandhi - West Bengal - Bihar - Assam - Meghalaya - Tripura - Mukti Bahini

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As the massacres in East Pakistan escalated an estimated 10 million refugees fled to India causing financial hardship and instability in that country.

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Hutu Refugees

Following the end of the Rwandan Genocide in July 1994, 100 days after it started, approximately two million Hutu refugees — some of whom participated in the genocide and feared Tutsi retribution — fled to neighboring Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zaire. Thousands of them died in epidemics of cholera and dysentery that swept the refugee camps. The Rwandan genocide and the resulting large numbers of refugees destabilized the regional balance of power along the Zairean border, resulting in the start of the First Congo War, which set the stage for the Second Congo War that continues to trouble the region.

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Rwandan Genocide - Hutu - Tutsi - Burundi - Tanzania - Uganda - Zaire - Cholera - Dysentery - First Congo War - Second Congo War

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