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This, too, caused major upheavals, and a million permanent refugees rushed the motherland, aggravating the shortage of housing and jobs.
Portugal then disengaged itself from Mozambique and Angola, its seething colonial possessions in Africa, and the country absorbed the million or so refugees who fled to a motherland most had never seen.
Diasporan identity holds that the "motherland" is worthy of sustained loyalty.
Puerto Rico quickly developed into a major port and trading post — it was one of the last major ports Spanish galleons stopped in before sailing back to the motherland.
They performed poorly in far-flung adventures (the Russo-Japanese War, for example) but savaged invaders when the Motherland was under attack.