Preferred Term
REFUGEES
Scope Note
Population fleeing their home country for political or other reasons. For persons displaced within their own country, use DISPLACED PERSONS
Hierarchy
08 - POPULATION
Broader Terms
MIGRANTS
PROTECTION OF AND ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS
Narrower Terms
AFGHAN REFUGEES
AFRICAN REFUGEES
AZERBAIJANI REFUGEES
BHUTANESE REFUGEES
CENTRAL AMERICAN REFUGEES
CHILD REFUGEES
CHINESE REFUGEES
CROATIAN REFUGEES
CUBAN REFUGEES
HAITIAN REFUGEES
HUNGARIAN REFUGEES
INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES
IRAQI REFUGEES
MYANMAR REFUGEES
PALESTINE REFUGEES
REFUGEE SEAFARERS
REFUGEES FROM BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
REFUGEES FROM THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
REFUGEES FROM TIMOR-LESTE
REFUGEES IN TRANSIT
ROMANIAN REFUGEES
STUDENT REFUGEES
TAJIK REFUGEES
TIBETAN REFUGEES
WOMEN REFUGEES
YEMENI REFUGEES
Related Terms
ASYLUM SEEKERS
DISPLACED PERSONS
EXILES
FAMILY REUNIFICATION
FORCED MIGRATION
GOVERNMENTS IN EXILE
INFLUX
INTERNATIONAL RELIEF
INVOLUNTARY REPATRIATION
MASS EXODUSES
POPULATION TRANSFERS
PROTRACTED REFUGEE SITUATIONS
REFOULEMENT
REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
REFUGEE CAMPS
REFUGEE LAW
REFUGEE PASSPORTS
REFUGEE PLACEMENT
REFUGEE PROCESSING CENTRES
REFUGEE PROTECTION
REFUGEE STATUS
REFUGEE-RECEIVING COUNTRIES
REPATRIATION
RESETTLEMENT POLICY
RIGHT OF ASYLUM
STOWAWAYS
URI
http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/1005418
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Language Equivalents
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اللاجئون
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难民
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REFUGEES
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REFUGIES
ru
Беженцы
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REFUGIADOS