Refugee
NOTE: The term refugee is used in two senses: a person fleeing their country from war or persecution and a person who has been granted refugee status. This entry concerns the former sense. The latter can be inferred from the entry refugee status.
Equivalents
uprchlík — Geflüchtete, Geflüchteter — rifugiato/a e profugo/a — uchodźca, uchodźczyni
Related terms
- (may apply for) refugee status, subsidiary protection, asylum
- (may include) displaced persons, stateless persons
- (is a type of) migrant
- (arrives in a) wave of refugees
- (may live in a) refugee camp, refugee shelter
- (may become an) asylum seeker
- (comes from a) country of origin
- (may come through a) country of transit
- (may receive) international protection
Definition
A refugee is someone who has fled their country because they are at serious risk or harm of persecution. Refugees feel they have no choice but to leave because their government cannot, or in some cases will not, protect them. Refugees have a right to asylum (physical safety), medical care, schooling and the right to work.
Source: https://www.worldvision.org.uk
Encyclopaedic information
Refugees have no choice but to flee their homes because they are threatened by conflict and persecution. They often encounter immense challenges, including exposure to extreme weather conditions; lack of access to proper food, shelter, education, or job opportunities; and a future that is often dependent on conditions improving in the areas.
Source: https://www.teachingwithtestimony.com
Synonyms and variants
- migrant
Collocations
- [nationality, e.g. Syrian, Ukrainian...] refugees
- war refugees
- registered refugees
- child refugees
- incoming refugees
- refugee camp
- refugee crisis
- refugee population
- refugee status
- refugee children, woman, families
- refugee Convention
- refugee situation
- refugee protection
- refugee policy, law, rights
- refugee settlement
- refugee accommodation
- refugee communities
- refugee management
- refugee problem
- refugee experiences
- refugee flows
- to resettle refugees
- to help, assist, support refugees
- to host, accomodate refugees
- to accept refugees
- to welcome refugees
- to become refugees
- to receive refugees
- to protect refugees
Examples
European Union countries are considering offering Ukrainian refugees temporary asylum for three years without having to apply for it.
Source: https://nowtoronto.com
The Iraq conflict displaced 4.4 million people internally and created more than a quarter of a million refugees.
Source: https://www.fairobserver.com