Migrations In The 20th Century

During the time period of the twentieth century in Europe and the Middle East there were significant changes occurring in major forced migration movements such as Muslims during the Balkan Wars and many Jews during World War II. ‘Superpower’s’ (or successful dominant European countries) citizens never migrating away from their homeland remained constant.
While many of the migrations that occurred during this time were forced, before they actually occurred, many of those belonging to the group that later was kicked out got the hint and left when they could. At the first sign of race supremacy they packed their bags and headed for a new land to inhabit. In the very early years of the 19th century we see an example of this with the Muslim minorities who lived in the Balkans. The Balkans new nation-states were affected by discrimination and persecution, so that many of these Muslims left their homes. With the rise of German Supremacy in the late 1920’s Jews left Germany technically free and moved to areas like Africa and the Middle East where they could continue to live life in security.
The change that occurred in both of these cases was the enforcement by the government for either harmonization in political, religious, or physical appearance fashion. This installment of policy was the force behind the rapidly increasing expulsion and
The evacuating Muslims became refugees and received help from neighboring countries. In the aftermath of World War II there were again huge migrations. Millions of former prisoners of war, forced laborers and concentration camp inmates (displaced persons) were sent back to their countries of origin. Many surviving Jews left Europe altogether and resettled in the newly founded state of Israel or in the United