Named Groups

Refugees

Persons fleeing to a place of safety, especially those who flee to a foreign country or power to escape danger, persecution, or economic distress in their own country or habitual residence.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Persons fleeing to a place of safety, especially those who flee to a foreign country or power to escape danger, persecution, or economic distress in their own country or habitual residence.

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Synonyms

22 entry terms
  • Asylum Seekers
  • Political Asylum Seekers
  • Political Refugees
  • Asylum Seeker
  • Asylum Seeker, Political
  • Asylum Seekers, Political
  • Political Asylum Seeker
  • Political Refugee
  • Refugee
  • Refugee, Political
  • Refugees, Political
  • Seeker, Asylum
  • Seekers, Asylum
  • Seekers, Political Asylum
  • Displaced Persons
  • Internally Displaced Persons
  • Displaced Person
  • Displaced Person, Internally
  • Displaced Persons, Internally
  • Internally Displaced Person
  • Person, Displaced
  • Persons, Displaced

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Aspects Covered

6 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

specify geographic location if pertinent

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Tree Number

  1. M01w.755w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Refugees. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012036. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012036
  2. Refugees. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugee
  3. Refugees. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131572