expellees
Those driven out
Expellees are people who have been expelled—forced to leave a place, typically their homeland.
The term most often refers to ethnic Germans driven from Eastern European territories after World War II: Millions of expellees resettled in West Germany.
It applies more broadly to any population forcibly removed from their home region.
People seeking safety elsewhere
- displaced personsPeople forced from home
- deporteesThose legally removed
- evacueesPeople removed from danger
- exilesBanished persons
stateless · outcasts · returnees · émigrés · diaspora · internees · persona non grata · boat people
Forced departure from rental
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- uprootingExtracting from the earth
- banishmentForced removal from place
- dispossessionDeprival of property rights
relocation · ousting · dislodgement · deracination · exile · removal · forced migration · ethnic cleansing
Shelter from persecution
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
- campsTemporary outdoor lodgings
- receptionAct of receiving guests
shelter · humanitarian aid · UNHCR · protection · sponsorship · quota · integration · host country
Armed struggle between groups
- postwarAfter hostilities end
- aftermathResults following an event
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
armistice · territory · borders · treaty · reparations · Cold War · World War II · partition
Relegation to powerless periphery
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- stigmatizationMarking as disgraceful
- othernessQuality of being unlike
estrangement · isolation · rejection · exclusion · disenfranchisement · unbelonging · invisibility · prejudice
Being without something
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- hiraethBittersweet ache for lost home
longing · homesickness · bereavement · heartache · uprootedness · dispossession · severance · mourning
refugees
People seeking safety elsewhere
- displaced personsPeople forced from home
- deporteesThose legally removed
- evacueesPeople removed from danger
exiles · stateless · outcasts · returnees · émigrés · diaspora · internees · persona non grata · boat people · repatriates
eviction
Forced departure from rental
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- uprootingExtracting from the earth
- banishmentForced removal from place
dispossession · relocation · ousting · dislodgement · deracination · exile · removal · forced migration · ethnic cleansing · repatriation
asylum
Shelter from persecution
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
- campsTemporary outdoor lodgings
reception · shelter · humanitarian aid · UNHCR · protection · sponsorship · quota · integration · host country · border crossing
war
Armed struggle between groups
- postwarAfter hostilities end
- aftermathResults following an event
- occupationOne's regular paid work
annexation · armistice · territory · borders · treaty · reparations · Cold War · World War II · partition · surrender
marginalization
Relegation to powerless periphery
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- stigmatizationMarking as disgraceful
otherness · estrangement · isolation · rejection · exclusion · disenfranchisement · unbelonging · invisibility · prejudice · scapegoating
loss
Being without something
hiraeth · longing · homesickness · bereavement · heartache · uprootedness · dispossession · severance · mourning · trauma
expelleessettlers
Those who establish homes
colonists · economic migrants · expatriates · émigrés · fortune seekers
expelleesadmittees
Those granted acceptance
invitees · immigrants · returnees · repatriates · settlers
expelleesexpellers
Things that force out
stayers · remainers · native population · occupiers · perpetrators
- expelled studentOne removed for misconduct