displace person
Displace person (noun phrase) - A person who has been forced to leave their home country, typically due to war, political upheaval, or natural disaster, and who seeks refuge in another nation. This term often refers to individuals who are unable to return to their homeland because of ongoing danger or the annexation of their territory. The phrase is commonly abbreviated as D.P. (short for "displaced person").
- (Forced to leave their home country due to conflict.)
- (Those who escaped a severe food shortage.)
- (Forced to relocate due to a natural disaster.)
- "Displace person" is often used in legal and humanitarian contexts to distinguish from a "refugee," though the terms overlap. A displaced person may not have crossed an international border (internally displaced person, or IDP), but the phrase "displace person" in this definition specifically refers to those who have left their home country.
- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) assists both refugees and displace persons. (The organization helps those forced to flee.)
Displaced person (noun phrase): An alternative spelling (more common in modern usage) with the same meaning.
- The camp housed thousands of displaced persons after the civil war. (People forced to leave their homes.)
Internally displaced person (noun phrase): A person who is forced to flee their home but remains within their own country.
- Many internally displaced persons sought shelter in the capital city. (Did not cross an international border.)
- Refugee: a person who has fled their country to escape danger or persecution.
- Exile: someone who is forced to leave their home country, often for political reasons.
- Evacuee: a person removed from a dangerous area, often temporarily.
"A person without a country": someone who has lost citizenship or legal ties to any nation.
- He felt like a person without a country after his passport was revoked. (Stateless and adrift.)
"To be uprooted": to be forcibly removed from one's home or native environment.
- The war uprooted entire families, turning them into displace persons. (Forced relocation.)