Political oppression from the Ottoman Empire was an immigration push factor for which wave of Middle Easterners and North Africans?

The Ottoman Empire ruled parts of the Middle East and North Africa until the early 20th century. Political oppression under Ottoman rule pushed people to leave during the first immigration wave, from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. The later waves began after the Ottoman Empire had fallen.

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