In some cases this policy required voluntary or forced resettlement in both directions to create a compact population.

As the forcible nature of the campaign became routine, the pretense of "voluntary resettlement" was dropped.

The outport community of Sandy Point continued until a period after Newfoundland entered Confederation in 1949 whereupon the provincial government began a program of voluntary and forced resettlement of coastal communities.

He advocated strongly for the voluntary resettlement of the Jewish people, suffering under virulent anti-Semitism, in Palestine.

World Bank officials say the effects of the voluntary resettlement of 58,000 farmers on the ethnic makeup of the region has been vastly exaggerated by pro-Tibet groups.

Despite these reports, Gida Kirmeu was selected two years later by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as an area for voluntary resettlement for farmers from overpopulated areas.

Dangila was selected by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as an area for voluntary resettlement for farmers from overpopulated areas.

Bonthe district was first among the districts in the Southern Province to undertake voluntary resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in 1997 among all economic hardship and combatant activities.

Areas outside of the Exclusion Zone designated for voluntary resettlement continue to be evacuated.

The policy of encouraging voluntary resettlement and villagization in Ethiopia began in 1958, when the government established the first known planned resettlement in Sidamo Province.