What happened in previous times of high immigration?

by zeropoundpom

Are the current levels of immigration into Western countries very high in global historical terms? What other periods in history have had similarly high rates, and what happened? Did most of the migrants assimilate peacefully? Or did they displace the native population? Or end up being expelled/ethnically cleansed? Are there patterns in what happens historically?

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