Kicking Them Out: On the Possibility of Remigration, By Charles Taylor (Florida)

Emile Kirkegaard:

https://www.emilkirkegaard.com/p/large-scale-remigration-is-possible

addressing a common Western sentiment that expelling large groups of foreigners is unfeasible, either legally or practically. He dismisses legal objections—national laws can change, and international treaties, like the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, are routinely violated (e.g., Netherlands' cannabis policy) with no real consequences. Treaties can also be exited, making legal barriers surmountable. Practically, he questions whether expelling millions (e.g., 4.5 million from the Netherlands) is impossible, setting up a historical survey to prove it's not. Here are historical precedents: a curated list (1900-present):

Jews out of Muslim Lands (1900-Present): 900,000 Jews migrated or were expelled from Muslim-majority countries post-1948 Israel founding, with 650,000 resettling there—90% left Iraq, Yemen, and Libya.

Turkey-Greece (1923): Lausanne Convention forcibly exchanged 1.6 million Greek Orthodox and Muslims between Greece and Turkey.

Mexicans out of USA (1929-1939): Mexican Repatriation saw 300,000 to 2 million Mexicans and Mexican-Americans deported during the Great Depression, many U.S. citizens.

Poles out of Nazi Germany (1939-1944): 1.7 million Poles forcibly resettled from occupied Poland for Germanization under Lebensraum.

Soviet Union (1930-1953): Stalin's forced transfers affected 6 million—kulaks, ethnic minorities (e.g., Koreans, Tatars, Chechens)—to remote areas.

Germans out of Italy (1939): Option Agreement forced 70% of South Tyrol Germans (Optanten) to emigrate to Nazi Germany or lose rights.

Germans in East Europe (1944-1950): 12-14.6 million Germans expelled post-WWII from Poland, Czechoslovakia, etc., for ethnic homogeneity.

Poles into New Poland (1944-1946): 1.167 million Poles moved from Soviet territories to redrawn Poland post-Yalta.

Italians (1943-1960): 230,000-350,000 Italians left Istria and Dalmatia as Yugoslavia took over post-WWII.

Albanians out of Greece (1944-1945): Cham Albanians expelled from Epirus for Axis collaboration, numbers unclear.

Czechoslovakia-Hungary Transfers (1945): 45,000-120,000 Hungarians and 72,000 Slovaks exchanged post-WWII.

Japanese out of China (1945): Over 1 million Japanese repatriated from Northeast China by 1948.

Germans out of the Netherlands (1945): Operation Black Tulip deported 3,691 Germans by 1948.

Palestinians (1946-Present): 700,000+ expelled from Israel since 1948, with ongoing displacements (e.g., post-2023 Hamas attack).

Ukrainians out of Poland (1947): Operation Vistula resettled 150,000 Ukrainians to end insurgent support.

India-Pakistan Transfers (1947-1951): Partition displaced 14-18 million—Hindus/Sikhs to India, Muslims to Pakistan.

Turks out of Bulgaria (1950-1951): 154,393 Turks expelled, halted when Turkey closed borders.

Mexicans out of USA (1954): Operation Wetback deported 1.074 million in its first year.

Indians out of Burma (1962): 300,000+ Indians expelled post-Ne Win coup.

Cyprus (1963-1975): Ethnic cleansing split Greeks south, Turks north after Turkey's invasion.

Ghana (1969-1970): Aliens Compliance Order expelled 200,000, mostly Nigerians.

Vietnamese out of Cambodia (1970): 310,000 fled Lon Nol's massacres; Khmer Rouge later killed more.

Asians out of Uganda (1972): Idi Amin expelled 80,000 Indians in 90 days.

Nigeria (1983): 2 million West Africans, including 1 million Ghanaians, deported.

Armenia and Azerbaijan (1988-1994): 724,000 Azerbaijanis and 300,000-500,000 Armenians displaced in conflict.

Palestinians from Kuwait (1990-1991): 357,000 expelled post-Gulf War for PLO's Iraq stance; 40,000 more face deportation now.

Yugoslavia (1991-2001): Breakup saw mass expulsions and genocide, reshaping ethnic maps.

Kirkegaard admits the list is incomplete, compiled in 1-2 hours, but shows numerous transfers of 100,000+ people. Most stemmed from ethnic tensions, resolved by separating groups—war, genocide, or brutal regimes often drove them. History proves expulsions are practical, even for weak states; pre-1900 offers more examples.

He asserts Western countries could do it—ethics and politics aside, it's not impossible. Hence Trump could in principle deport all the illegals.