Pathfinders MIGRATION/REFUGEES "On The Move" A refugee is a person forced to flee from his or her country of origin and seek safety elsewhere. Most escape persecution because of religion, nationality, membership of a social group or political belief or economic hardship.  Subject headings, keywords Migration                                      Slaves                              Refugees                                      Jews Boat People                                  Irish                       Displaced Persons                          Westward USA        Exiles                                          Communism Immigration and emigration              Christianity War Victims                                  Islam World War II Refugees                    Buddhism Non Fiction Books Many real life stories available on refugees in the biography section. Dewey Numbers 304.8, 306.3, 323.4, 325.2, 325.73, 361.7, 362, 363.8, 909, 940.53, 941.5, 942.081, 973.8   Reference: World Book Encyclopedia REF 030 Encyclopedia of World Geography REF 910 Geographica REF 910 Information file Refugees On-line databases and websites Refugees http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_exodus_from_Arab_lands Jewish http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005468 Jewish http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005139 http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005593 http://uk.oneworld.net/guides/refugees?gclid=COnIqdnEr4wCFQNYYQodMxGhMQ  (general article on refuges.. what is a refugees, why are they refugees, who accepts them?) http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/topics/emigration.htm  emigration http://www.sciway.net/hist/chicora/slavery18-2.html  African to America http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_slave_trade African slaves to America. (Scroll down to "Triangular trade" and "African slave trade") http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1narr4.html  African slaves to America http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAEireland.htm  Irish emigration http://www.humboldt1.com/~history/lexiso/  Irish emigration/potato famine http://www.americanwest.com/pages/wexpansi.htm   Why people went west. (Scroll down to the paragraph starting “The pioneer spirit that existed in the 19th century”) http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0816/p06s01-woaf.html   Somali refugees http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/06/0620_030620_banturefugees.html Somali http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Gold_Rush http://www.42explore2.com/goldrush.htm http://www.answers.com/topic/black-migration Afro-American movement from south to north http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USA1800.htm migration from Britain in 1800s http://www.clans.org.uk/hist_10.html Scottish http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/NewZealandPeoples  Pacific http://epress.anu.edu.au/ssgm/global_gov/mobile_devices/ch06s06.html Indians to Fiji