Constructing migrant journeys
Constructing migrant journeys
This chapter discusses variations in the nature of migrant journeys. It presents cases of forced migration, including the migration of Vietnamese refugees and the traumatic journeys of the Jews and Irish people. The migrations of the Jews and the Irish represent the largest European migrations of the nineteenth century. In this chapter, both the emigration of the Jews from the Russian Empire and the horrors of Irish famine emigration are discussed in detail.
Keywords: migrant journeys, forced migration, Vietnamese refugees, Jews, Irish, European migrations, Russian Empire, famine, emigration
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