Syrian refugees
Fled civil conflict
Syrian refugees are people who have fled Syria, particularly since the civil war began in 2011, seeking safety in other countries.
The phrase appears constantly in news coverage and political debates about immigration policy, humanitarian aid, and asylum: Germany accepted over a million Syrian refugees, The camp houses Syrian refugees who crossed the border.
The term sometimes carries political charge depending on context and speaker.
- civil warDomestic armed conflict
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
- campsTemporary outdoor lodgings
- AleppoSyria's largest city
Damascus · Mediterranean · boats · life jackets · asylum · safe passage · crisis · war · fleeing · borders · tents · humanitarian · resettlement · new home · starting over · families · children · drowning
- turkeyIstanbul, Ankara, turkey breast, turkey leg, Anatolia
- Arab diasporaDearborn, migration waves, chain migration, ethnic identity, dual identity
- diasporaAfrican diaspora, exiles, Irish diaspora, emigrants, Jewish diaspora
- Muslim diasporaMuslim community, Islamic community, mosques, Islamic centers, Muslim communities
- refugeesdisplaced persons, asylum seekers, resettlement, displaced families, asylum application
- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
Syrian refugeeseconomic migrants
Those moving for work
expatriates · expats · digital nomads · naturalized citizens · skilled migrants