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*The "New villages" were internment camps created by the British authorities during the [[Malayan Emergency]], and were used to relocate the rural and indigenous population so that they did not make contact with the [[Communist Party of Malaya]]. An estimated 470,509 people were forcibly relocated to these camps, living in deplorable conditions. | *The "New villages" were internment camps created by the British authorities during the [[Malayan Emergency]], and were used to relocate the rural and indigenous population so that they did not make contact with the [[Communist Party of Malaya]]. An estimated 470,509 people were forcibly relocated to these camps, living in deplorable conditions. | ||
*The French used concentration camps in Algeria, both in the period of colonization and during the [[Algerian War|war of independence]]. | *The French used concentration camps in Algeria, both in the period of colonization and during the [[Algerian War|war of independence]]. | ||
*The [[Enver Hoxha]] regime in Albania made use of forced labor camps. At one point, every third Albanian had either been interrogated by the [[Sigurimi]] or incarcerated in labour camps. To eliminate dissent, the government imprisoned thousands in these camps or executed them for crimes such as alleged treachery or for disrupting the proletarian dictatorship. | |||
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