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Yugoslav Wars refugee movements (1991–1995)

1991 - 2004

World War II Defense Industry Migration to West Coast Shipyards (1940–1945)

1940 - 1946

West German Gastarbeiter recruitment agreements and migration (1955–1973)

1955 - 1973

Venezuelan refugee and migrant crisis (2014–present)

2014 - 2025

US Immigration and Nationality Act (Hart-Celler) and its effects on postwar migration (1965–1980)

1964 - 1980

UN Refugee Convention (1951) and 1967 Protocol: adoption, implementation, and global impact (1951–1980)

1950 - 1980

U.S. immigration legislation shaping transatlantic flows (1924–1965)

1921 - 1968

Transatlantic slave voyages from West Africa to the Americas (c. 1510–1867)

1510 - 2008

Transatlantic Jewish migration from Eastern Europe to North America (1881–1924)

1881 - 1924

Syrian refugee crisis (2011–present)

2011 - 2025

Spanish Republican exiles to the Americas (1936–1950)

1936 - 1949

Spanish conquest and settlement of the Caribbean and Central America (1492–1572)

1492 - 1550

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