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displaced person

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displaced person: see refugee refugee, one who leaves one's native land either because of expulsion or to escape persecution. The legal problem of accepting refugees is discussed under asylum ; this article considers only mass dislocations and the organizations that help refugees.
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For example, refugees are protected by the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, whereas internally displaced persons are not.
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