While the numbers sent and the percentage of early "forced immigrants" was definitely much higher on Australias side, alot of Americans with scottish ancestry would agree with me to a limited degree.
In the clearings of the Scottish lowlands many displaced people were forced into indentured servitude and while not shipped as criminals, still forcibly sent to serve masters, often traditional lords ands nobility ( pre war of indepence). To a lesser extext this also applied to the Irish, but more of them came later and voluntarily, the 1840s potato famine being a major point.