MSZ
Banned
A "fair population exchange" was kind of taking place OTL in the inter-war era. Migrations between Poland and Germany went two ways, with both the Germans in Poland leaving for the Reich, as well as Poles in Germany moving to the II Republic. And both movements were quite significant: German population droped from circa 1 mln to 700k in the years 1921 - 1931. The Polish population in Germany droped from circa 1 mln to 750k in the years 1925 to 1939. So if this trend was to continue at this pace, the problem would solve itself in a few decades without having to resort to forceful actions. The best thing that could happen for both contries would be for both of them to become/remain liberal democracies, allowing for free movement of people to determine their desired occupation.
Besides, accepting "financial compensation" as an alternative to "self-determination" destroys the reason for the latter to exist in the first place. It would simply mean that a state can pay it's population and kick it out wherever it wants, de facto terminating their right to territory.
Besides, accepting "financial compensation" as an alternative to "self-determination" destroys the reason for the latter to exist in the first place. It would simply mean that a state can pay it's population and kick it out wherever it wants, de facto terminating their right to territory.