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Second Great Migration (1940–1970)

1940 - 1970

Scandinavian migration to North America (1840–1910)

1825 - 1924

San Francisco Bay Area — WWII-era Migration and Urban Growth (1940–1955)

1940 - 1955

Rwandan genocide and Hutu refugee exodus to Zaire (1994–1996)

1993 - 1997

Rohingya exodus from Myanmar to Bangladesh (2016–2021)

2016 - 2021

Refugee flows from the Second Congo War (1996–2003)

1996 - 2003

Red Summer (1919) and Its Migration Consequences (1919–1925)

1916 - 1925

Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640)

1620 - 1640

Post‑World War II European migration to the Americas (1945–1960)

1945 - 1954

Portuguese settlement of Brazil (1500–1650)

1494 - 1654

Portuguese colonial wars and migration flows to Europe and the Americas (1961–1975)

1961 - 1976

Passenger steamship era and transatlantic travel networks (1870–1939)

1870 - 1939

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