1. From Displaced Person. (n.d.). In Dictionary.com. Retrieved from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/displaced+person (Accessed 15/04/2014)
– A person driven or expelled from his or her homeland by war, famine, tyranny, etc.
2. From Displaced person. (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster.com. Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/displaced%20person (Accessed 15/04/2014)
– A person expelled, deported, or impelled to flee from his country of nationality or habitual residence by the forces or consequences of war or oppression.
3. From Displaced Person. (n.d.). In Oxforddictionaries.com. Retrieved from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/displaced-person (Accessed 15/04/2014)
– A person who is forced to leave their home country because of war or persecution; a refugee.
“From 1945 to 1952, more than 250,000 Jewish displaced persons (DPs) lived in camps and urban centers in Germany, Austria, and Italy.” More information available at Displaced persons. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005462 (Accessed 15/04/2014)
In 2012 about 7.6 million people were displaced due to conflict or persecution around the world. This includes “1.1 million refugees and 6.5 million people who were displaced within their own countries.” From Banco, E. (2013, June 18). Un reports increased number of displaced people. New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/19/world/middleeast/un-reports-increased-number-of-displaced-people.html?_r=0 (Accessed 15/04/2014)
“International refugees under the care of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) numbered 10.5 million, and there are also close to 1 million asylum seekers worldwide. Internally displaced persons (IDPs)—at 28.8 million—outnumber international refugees by a significant margin. People displaced by natural hazards—typically also displaced inside their own countries but seen as a separate category since, unlike IDPs, they are not victims of human actions—ran to more than 32 million in 2012, but this number varies considerably from year to year. In addition, a large number of people are displaced by ill-considered development projects. No firm numbers exist, but the World Disasters Report 2012 offers a rough guess of 15 million such individuals” From Global number of displaced people surges. (2013, June 25). Retrieved from http://www.worldwatch.org/global-number-displaced-people-surges
Displaced people. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.who.int/environmental_health_emergencies/displaced_people/en/ (Accessed 15/04/2014)
Franke, M. (2008). The displacement of the rights of displaced persons: An irreconciliation of human rights between place and movement. Journal of Human Rights, 7(3), 262-281. doi: 10.1080/14754830802202100
Mapping displaced people around the world (2014). In Nationalgeographic.com. Retrieved from http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/maps/mapping-displaced-people-around-the-world/?ar_a=1 (Accessed 15/04/2014)
Refugees: Next steps: New dynamics of displacement. http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/briefingpapers/refugees/nextsteps.html (Accessed 15/04/2014)
Banco, E. (2013, June 18). UN reports increased number of displaced people. New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/19/world/middleeast/un-reports-increased-number-of-displaced-people.html?_r=0 (Accessed 15/04/2014)
Bugnion, F. (2001). Refugees, displaced persons and international humanitarian law. Refugee Survey Quarterly, 20(2), 16-25.
Displaced Person. (n.d.). In Dictionary.com. Retrieved from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/displaced+person (Accessed 15/04/2014)
Displaced Person. (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster.com. Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/displaced%20person (Accessed 15/04/2014)
Displaced Person. (n.d.). In Oxforddictionaries.com. Retrieved from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/displaced-person (Accessed 15/04/2014)
Displaced Persons. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005462 (Accessed 15/04/2014)
Displaced Persons: European refugees begin new lives in post-war Canada (2001). Retrieved from http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP15CH3PA1LE.html
Global number of displaced people surges. (2013, June 25). Retrieved from http://www.worldwatch.org/global-number-displaced-people-surges
Hickel, M. (2001). The challenge posed by displaced persons. Refugee Survey Quarterly, 20(2), 51-54.
Pelzer, M. (2009). Environmentally displaced persons not protected. Environmental Policy and Law, 39(2), 90-91.
Case Law
Radanovic v. Croatia, 9056/02, Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights, 21 December 2006, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/45d5bb862.html [accessed 16 April 2014]
Vadim Lebedev v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2007 FC 728, [2008] 2 F.C.R. 585 , Canada: Federal Court, 9 July 2007, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/48eccdea2.html [accessed 16 April 2014]
Other related terms
Displacement, Internally Displaced Persons, Refugee