Forced removal and assimilation
Displacement, dispossession and cultural suppression.
GenocideHerero and Nama genocide
Germany's colonial extermination campaign against Ovaherero and Nama communities.
Colonial conquestFrench conquest of Algeria
The military conquest that established French rule through dispossession and destructive warfare.
Colonial detention systemItalian concentration camps in Cyrenaica
Mass deportation and confinement used to break Libyan resistance to Fascist Italy.
GenocideCalifornia genocide
State-supported violence and coercive labour directed against California's Native peoples.
Forced removalTrail of Tears: Cherokee removal
The forced expulsion of the Cherokee Nation despite widespread opposition to removal.
Forced assimilation systemCanadian residential-school system
The separation of Indigenous children from families to suppress cultures and identities.
Forced child removalStolen Generations
The removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children under discriminatory policies.
Mass displacementPartition and mass displacement in South Asia
The displacement and communal violence accompanying the end of British rule.
Forced removalExpulsion of the Chagossians
Island communities removed to make way for a British–American military base.
Mass displacementNakba and Palestinian displacement
The displacement and dispossession of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians during the establishment of Israel.
Mass expulsionCircassian expulsion
Russian conquest driving Circassian communities from their homeland into deadly exile.
Mass deportationDeportation of the Crimean Tatars
Stalin's government deporting an entire people under an allegation of collective disloyalty.