Immigrations, Migrations and Refugees: Global Perspectives, 1941-1996
News articles, radio and television transcripts covering reports on human migrations and refugee experiences collected by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) from 1940s to 1996.
DescriptionArchive of translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, government documents and books providing global insight on immigration in the mid-to-late 20th century. Reports begin with the refugee flows during World War II and cover all crises through 1996. Includes firsthand accounts and news reports of post-World War II Jewish resettlement, South African apartheid, Latin American migrations to the United States, and more. The contents was collected and translated by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS), a U.S. government organization that became part of the CIA.