Africans sold into slavery arrived in the New World by means of a forced immigration. Unlike the nation's other immigrants, they did not arrive on U.S. shores to seek opportunities or to start a new life; rather, they were shipped to the country...

Forced migration refers to the coerced movement of a person or persons away from their home or home region. It often connotes violent coercion, and is used interchangeably with the terms "displacement" or forced displacement. A specific form of forced...

The complexity of forced migration calls for significant expertise with regard to prevention, responses and solutions. This article describes efforts since the early 1980s to professionalize the field. Professional development requires, at a minimum, that three things be in place: training; standards to govern...

First let me express my thanks and appreciation to the International Association for Studies in Forced Migration for their collaboration with the Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) in order to plan our conferences together. Yesterday, the CCR concluded its International Conference on Refugee...

Trees and grasses like those that members of the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations saw when they stopped along a stretch of Coleman Creek may soon grow again at the site where the Indians rested during the Trail of Tears relocation.The University of Arkansas at Little...

The U.N. General Assembly adopted a declaration Thursday affirming the rights of native peoples worldwide over objections from the United States and Canada, ending two decades of deliberations.The declaration, which is not legally binding, affirms the equality of the world's 370 million indigenous peoples and...