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Migration Waves

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Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries following 1948 (1948–1972)

1945 - 1972

Italian migration to the Americas (1880–1920)

1880 - 1924

Italian and Spanish labor migration to Switzerland and West Germany (1950–1975)

1931 - 1975

Irish Famine migration to North America (1845–1855)

1845 - 1855

Iranian refugee and exile waves after the 1979 Revolution (1979–1990s)

1979 - 1992

Interwar Northern Recruitment and the Great Northern Drive (1916–1925)

1914 - 1925

Internal migration and urbanization in postwar Yugoslavia (1945–1980)

1945 - 1980

Internal migration and rural depopulation in postwar Italy (1950–1980)

1950 - 1980

Harlem, New York — Influx and the Harlem Renaissance (1915–1937)

1915 - 1937

Haitian Revolution and the Haitian diaspora (1791–1815 and aftermath)

1791 - 1825

Haitian displacement and cross-border migration after the 2010 earthquake (2010–2015)

2010 - 2015

Greek–Turkish population exchange and refugee resettlement (1923–1925)

1922 - 1925

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