Political migration

Private political migration includes efforts by individuals or organizations to persuade others to migrate to a specified location. Although the detailed goals of these migrations vary widely, the trend is migration towards greater political liberty. Political migration - Examples. During the 17th and 18th centuries, Europeans migrated to the United States to obtain greater political and religious freedom. Contemporary European laws strongly favored official state religions. Members of non-sanctioned religious sec ...

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Political migration, Political migration - Private Political Migrations, Political migration - Examples, Political migration - Government Political Migrations, Political migration - Examples

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Many political or economic emigrants move together with their families toward new regions or new countries where they hope to find peace or job opportunities not available to them in their original location. Throughout history a large number of emigrants return to their homelands, often after they have earned sufficient money in the other country. Sometimes these emigrants move to countries with big cultural differences and will always feel as guests in their destinations, and preserve their original culture, traditions and language, sometim ...

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• Emigration - Push factors
• Emigration - Pull factors

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The policy was started by the Dutch colonial government in the early nineteenth century to reduce crowding and to provide a workforce for plantations on Sumatra. The program diminished during the last years of the Dutch era, but was revived after independence in an attempt to alleviate the food shortages and weak economic performance that were a major feature of the Sukarno era. Under the President Suharto, the program continued and was expanded to send migrants to more areas of the archipelago. At its peak between 1979 and 1984, 535, ...

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Transmigration program, Transmigration program - History, Transmigration program - Aims, Transmigration program - Criticism

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People immigrate for the following reasons: economic (e.g, to escape poverty) professional (e.g, to find employment; to search for an occupation that is unavailable) political (e.g, to escape dictatorship or other unfair governments; disagrees over government) persecution and oppression, including genocide, ethnic cleansing, and bullying retirement (e.g., better weather; lower living costs). sentimental (e.g., the desire to settle in a country due to personal preference; family reunif ...

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Immigration, Immigration - Why do people immigrate?, Immigration - Differing perspectives on immigration, Immigration - General immigration topics, Immigration - Australian immigration, Immigration - Canadian immigration, Immigration - United Kingdom immigration, Immigration - United States immigration, Immigration - French immigration, Immigration - Legal instruments

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People immigrate for the following reasons: economic (e.g, to escape poverty) professional, (e.g, to find employment; to search for an occupation that is unavailable) political, (e.g, to escape dictatorship or other unfair governments; disagrees over government) persecution and oppression, including genocide and ethnic cleansing retirement (e.g., better weather; lower living costs). sentimental (e.g., the desire to settle in a country due to personal preference; family reunification). ...

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Immigration, Immigration - Why do people immigrate?, Immigration - Differing perspectives on immigration, Immigration - General immigration topics, Immigration - Australian immigration, Immigration - Canadian immigration, Immigration - United Kingdom immigration, Immigration - United States immigration, Immigration - French immigration, Immigration - Legal instruments

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Population transfer - United States: Native American relocations. In the nineteenth century, the United States government removed a number of Native American nations to federally owned and designated Indian reservations. In the 1830's, the policy known as Indian Removal relocated many nations living east of the Mississippi River to the Indian Territory in the west, a process that resulted in the "Trail of Tears" for the Cherokees. Resistance to Indian Removal led to several violent conflicts, including the Second Seminole War in Florida. Later in the century, the establishment ...

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Population transfer, Population transfer - Issues arising from population transfer, Population transfer - Changing legal opinions, Population transfer - Cases of population transfer, Population transfer - United States: Native American relocations, Population transfer - Expulsion of Jews and Gypsies, Population transfer - France, Population transfer - Other kinds of transfer, Population transfer - Ancient World, Population transfer - Ottomans and Turkey, Population transfer - Central Europe, Population transfer - Soviet Union, Population transfer - South East Europe, Population transfer - Caucasus, Population transfer - South Asia, Population transfer - Middle East, Population transfer - Footnotes, Population transfer - Other sources

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People immigrate for the following reasons: economic professional, political, persecution and oppression, including genocide and ethnic cleansing retirement (e.g., better weather; lower living costs). sentimental (e.g., the desire to settle in a country due to personal preference; family reunification). personal (e.g., opinion-based; love of another country)) The great majority of immigration occurs for economic reasons of one sort or another. Wage rates and liv ...

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Immigration, Immigration - Why do people immigrate?, Immigration - Differing perspectives on immigration, Immigration - General immigration topics, Immigration - Australian immigration, Immigration - Canadian immigration, Immigration - United Kingdom immigration, Immigration - United States immigration, Immigration - French immigration, Immigration - Legal instruments

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Indonesia's transmigration program was the target of extensive opposition, particularly from indigenous populations in the regions where transmigrants settled. Some foreign and domestic observers also criticized the program's intentions or implementation. Many indigenous people saw the program as a part of an effort by the central government on Java to extend greater economic and political control over their region, by moving in people having closer personal ties to Java. This was particularly resented in areas such as Papua that had ...

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Transmigration program, Transmigration program - History, Transmigration program - Aims, Transmigration program - Criticism

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The stated purpose of the program, according to proponents in the Indonesian government and the development community, was to move millions of Indonesians from the densely populated inner islands (Java, Bali, Madura) to the outer, less densely populated islands to achieve a more balanced population density. This would alleviate poverty by providing land and new opportunities to generate income for poor landless settlers. It would also benefit the nation as a whole by increasing the utilization of the ...

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Transmigration program, Transmigration program - History, Transmigration program - Aims, Transmigration program - Criticism

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The view of international law on population transfer underwent considerable evolution during the 20th century. Prior to World War II, a number of major population transfers were the result of bilateral treaties and had the support of international bodies such as the League of Nations. The tide started to turn when the Charter of the Nuremberg Trials of German Nazi leaders declared forced deportation of civilian populations to be both a war crime and a crime against humanity, and this opinion was progessively adopted and extended through the ...

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Population transfer, Population transfer - Issues arising from population transfer, Population transfer - Changing legal opinions, Population transfer - Cases of population transfer, Population transfer - United States: Native American relocations, Population transfer - Expulsion of Jews and Gypsies, Population transfer - France, Population transfer - Other kinds of transfer, Population transfer - Ancient World, Population transfer - Ottomans and Turkey, Population transfer - Central Europe, Population transfer - Soviet Union, Population transfer - South East Europe, Population transfer - Caucasus, Population transfer - South Asia, Population transfer - Middle East, Population transfer - Footnotes, Population transfer - Other sources

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Some free-market libertarians believe that a free global labor market with no restrictions on immigration would, in the long run, boost global prosperity. Major corporate interests have been among the strongest advocates of liberalization of immigration laws since movement of personnel is essential to creation of true multinational corporations. Among those on the opposite side of the issue are nationalists who propose militarizing borders; protectionists who prefer closed labor markets or who see liberal immigration practices as a form of c ...

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Immigration, Immigration - Why do people immigrate?, Immigration - Differing perspectives on immigration, Immigration - General immigration topics, Immigration - Australian immigration, Immigration - Canadian immigration, Immigration - United Kingdom immigration, Immigration - United States immigration, Immigration - French immigration, Immigration - Legal instruments

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According to political scientist Norman Finkelstein transfer was considered as an almost humanist solution to the problems of ethnic conflict, up until around World War II and even a little afterward, in certain cases. Transfer was considered a drastic but 'often necessary' means to end an ethnic conflict or ethnic civil war1. The feasibility of population transfer was hugely increased by the creation of railroad networks from the mid-19th century. Population transfer differs more than simply technically from individ ...

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Population transfer, Population transfer - Issues arising from population transfer, Population transfer - Changing legal opinions, Population transfer - Cases of population transfer, Population transfer - United States: Native American relocations, Population transfer - Expulsion of Jews and Gypsies, Population transfer - France, Population transfer - Other kinds of transfer, Population transfer - Ancient World, Population transfer - Ottomans and Turkey, Population transfer - Central Europe, Population transfer - Soviet Union, Population transfer - South East Europe, Population transfer - Caucasus, Population transfer - South Asia, Population transfer - Middle East, Population transfer - Footnotes, Population transfer - Other sources

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See also: Colonization Government political migration includes efforts by government entities to relocate persons to geographic regions favored by a government. The motivation for such relocations generally comes from internal political pressures and the migrations are hoped to relieve the causes of those pressures. The goals may include: establishing power in a disputed territory encouraging economic development relieving urban pressures ...

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Political migration, Political migration - Private Political Migrations, Political migration - Examples, Political migration - Government Political Migrations, Political migration - Examples

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