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TRANSFER POPULATION [1 record]

Record 1 1987-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Population Movements
  • International Public Law
DEF

population transfer: ... the organized removal of an ethnic group from its country of residence, and its subsequent resettlement in territories under the sovereignty of its ethnic homeland, an operation generally based on interstate agreement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mouvements de population
  • Droit international public
DEF

échange de populations : Transfert réciproque et forcé, d'un État à un autre, de minorités établies sur le territoire de l'un et se rattachant à l'autre par la race, la religion ou les aspirations.

CONT

L'une [des solutions de remplacement] qui devait recevoir plusieurs applications entre 1919 et 1939, consistait dans [...] le transfert - soit volontaire, soit obligatoire - des minorités entre les États intéressés. C'est ce qu'on a appelé l'échange ou le transfert des populations.

Spanish

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