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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 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.

*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 labor 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.

*Concentration camps were used during [[the Trail of Tears]], which began after President [[Andrew Jackson]] signed the Indian Removal Act to relocate the Five Civilized Tribes of Native Americans to the Indian Territories. They were mostly used as a last resort and temporary placement for Natives until new land could be found for them to settle on.

*During the [[Mau Mau Uprising]], British authorities in Kenya took many Kenyan civilians to concentration camps, where many were tortured or sexually abused.

*The [[Ustaše]] used concentration camps throughout Croatia to [[Serbian Genocide|exterminate Serbs, Jews and Gypsies]]. Something that made the Ustaše particularly infamous was the creation of concentration camps exclusively for children. The most well-known Ustaše camp was [[Jasenovac concentration camp]].

*~~The~~ [[Moore River Native Settlement]] ~~was an internment camp in Australia~~ established ~~by [[A.O. Neville]]~~ to assimilate the Stolen Generations into white ~~culture~~.

*Several concentration camps in Australia such as the [[Moore River Native Settlement]] were established to assimilate the Stolen Generations into white society.

*[[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] made use of concentration camps during his tenure as President of Egypt, mostly imprisoning [[Muslim Brotherhood]] members.

*[[Donald Trump]]'s administration detained migrants attempting to enter the United States at the United States–Mexico border in detention facilities that have been described as concentration camps. Government reports from the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General in May 2019 and July 2019 found that migrants had been detained under conditions that failed federal standards. These conditions have included prolonged detention, overcrowding, and poor hygiene and food standards. Though some organizations have tried to resist the "concentration camp" label for these facilities, hundreds of Holocaust and genocide scholars rejected this resistance via an open letter addressed to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

*The [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]] of South Africa established internment camps called "Bantustans" to segregate black citizens during the era of [[Apartheid]].

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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 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.
+*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 labor 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.
 *Concentration camps were used during [[the Trail of Tears]], which began after President [[Andrew Jackson]] signed the Indian Removal Act to relocate the Five Civilized Tribes of Native Americans to the Indian Territories. They were mostly used as a last resort and temporary placement for Natives until new land could be found for them to settle on.
 *During the [[Mau Mau Uprising]], British authorities in Kenya took many Kenyan civilians to concentration camps, where many were tortured or sexually abused.
 *The [[Ustaše]] used concentration camps throughout Croatia to [[Serbian Genocide|exterminate Serbs, Jews and Gypsies]]. Something that made the Ustaše particularly infamous was the creation of concentration camps exclusively for children. The most well-known Ustaše camp was [[Jasenovac concentration camp]].
-*The [[Moore River Native Settlement]] was an internment camp in Australia established by [[A.O. Neville]] to assimilate the Stolen Generations into white culture.
+*Several concentration camps in Australia such as the [[Moore River Native Settlement]] were established to assimilate the Stolen Generations into white society.
 *[[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] made use of concentration camps during his tenure as President of Egypt, mostly imprisoning [[Muslim Brotherhood]] members.
 *[[Donald Trump]]'s administration detained migrants attempting to enter the United States at the United States–Mexico border in detention facilities that have been described as concentration camps. Government reports from the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General in May 2019 and July 2019 found that migrants had been detained under conditions that failed federal standards. These conditions have included prolonged detention, overcrowding, and poor hygiene and food standards. Though some organizations have tried to resist the "concentration camp" label for these facilities, hundreds of Holocaust and genocide scholars rejected this resistance via an open letter addressed to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
+*The [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]] of South Africa established internment camps called "Bantustans" to segregate black citizens during the era of [[Apartheid]].
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