war refugee
Fleeing armed violence
A war refugee is a person who has fled their home country to escape armed conflict, violence, or persecution resulting from war.
Unlike economic migrants who leave seeking better opportunities, war refugees face immediate threats to their safety and often have no choice but to leave.
International law affords them special protections and rights to seek asylum in other countries.
Millions of war refugees have crossed into neighboring countries since the conflict began.
- displacedShifted from proper location
- exileBanishment from homeland
- asylumShelter from persecution
- fleeingRapid escape from danger
- borderOuter edge or limit
seeking asylum · border crossing · camp · shelter · stateless · migrant · safe passage · homeland · foreign land · persecution · escape · sanctuary · humanitarian · human rights · crossing · tent · aid · aid worker
- displaced peopledisplaced, IDPs, asylum seeker, displaced persons, displaced person
- shelter seekershomeless person, homeless veteran, rough sleeper, street person, displaced person
- survivorssole survivor, lone survivor, last survivor, cancer survivor, Holocaust survivor
- missing peoplemissing child, lost child, lost hiker, lost tourist, abductee
war refugeeeconomic migrant
Person relocating for employment
expat · expatriate · climate refugee · environmental refugee · digital nomad
war, refugee, wars, warred, warring, warlike, warfare, warrior, warriors