Refugee: Timeline

500 BC   Refugees from Teos resettle Abdera Abdera, Thrace

Abdera was a town on the coast of Thrace [i] 17 km ENE of the mouth of the Nestos [i], and almost oppos ... 

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1950   Hungarian major general Laszlo Viragen defects to Austria and applies for political asylum Refugee

A refugee is a person seeking asylum in a foreign country in order to escape persecution [i], war [i], terrorism [i] ... 

1966   Kwame Nkrumah Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah was an anti-colonial [i], anti-neo-colonial [i], and anti-imperialist [i] ... 

 arrives in Guinea Guinea

Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea , is a nation in West Africa [i], formerly known as French Guinea [i] ... 

 and is granted asylum Refugee

A refugee is a person seeking asylum in a foreign country in order to escape persecution [i], war [i], terrorism [i] ... 

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1976   Cold War Cold War

The Cold War was the protracted geopolitical [i], ideological [i], and economic [i] ... 

: Soviet Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , more commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a Communist state [i] ... 

 air force pilot Lt. Viktor Belenko lands a MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate, on the island of Hokkaido Hokkaido

Hokkaido listen , formerly known as Ezo, is the second largest island and largest prefecture [i] ... 

 in Japan Japan

is an island country [i] in East Asia [i]. ... 

, and requests political asylum Refugee

A refugee is a person seeking asylum in a foreign country in order to escape persecution [i], war [i], terrorism [i] ... 

 from the United States United States

The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., a... 

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