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Internally displaced person

26.09.2021

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Internally displaced person, a person who has moved from the temporarily occupied territories, forced immigrant

Avoid

Refugee

The people who were forced to leave their homes with the start of the war in 2014 were immediately given many names, most of which are incorrect or offensive in nature. After all, “refugees” are people who are forced to flee to another country. When it comes to the application of this word to internal displacement in Ukraine, which is associated with the war and the occupation of Crimea, it is incorrect. The word “immigrant” is a very broad term that generally refers to people who have changed their place of residence, but can be used.

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