the former Yugoslavia
Zimbabwe
Syria is in civil war and millions are fleeing the country. Syria is in the Middle East/Asia.
Holocaust refugees?
Disasters, which may be natural or man made.
Once a country's quota was met, Jews were turned away.
venice
After the Hungarian Uprising in 1956, which aimed to overthrow the Soviet-imposed government, the Soviet Union reasserted control by launching a military intervention in November. This led to the suppression of the revolution, resulting in thousands of deaths and a mass exodus of refugees fleeing the country. The aftermath saw a harsh crackdown on dissent, the establishment of a more rigid communist regime, and increased repression, while Hungary remained under Soviet influence until the late 1980s.
Refugees flee their home countries mainly due to war, persecution, violence, and human rights abuses.
The 1970s and 1980s saw a number of refugees arriving in New Zealand. They were fleeing war and came from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
A passport is a travel document. If you cannot obtain one (for instance you are fleeing your own country), the UN can provide, for refugees, a similar booklet to allow him / her do continue his journey.
People fleeing their homes from political persecution, physical or mental torture, war, famine and drought are typically called refugees.
In 1933-39 they were fleeing from persecution in Nazi Germany. If you are asking about earlier times, the key period was 1880-1914, when they were fleeing from persecution in Tsarist Russia.