someone who has beenforcedtoleavetheirhome,especiallybecause ofwaror anaturaldisaster(= something thatcausesa lot ofdamage)such as anearthquake,flood, etc.
As early as 1997 there was talk of the need for adisplacedpersonstatus.
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How, in practice, will the brigade commander decide who is adisplacedpersonand who is a freedom fighter?
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Again, the local housing authority is alerted and has a duty to accommodate adisplacedpersonwhere alternative accommodation is not otherwise available.
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A displaced pupil is, of course, a happier creature than adisplacedperson.
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Is not the experience of eachdisplacedpersonknown and compiled before they are brought here?
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If he has come here as adisplacedperson, he is taken back to our zone.
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The pre-war housing estates, resettlement areas,displacedpersonareas, with no character and little neighbourliness, were unsociable places.
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Anydisplacedpersonwho feels aggrieved by compulsory direction to particular work will have a right of appeal.
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Is it about the licensee or thedisplacedperson?
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Nodisplacedperson, however, comes within the field of recruitment for employment in this country who has not previously been screened as a condition of receiving displaced person's status.
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The average worker is afraid that when he is down the mine somedisplacedpersonwill steal things from his home or do worse things to his family and home.
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He is the onlydisplacedpersonthis time around.
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Adisplacedpersonis the same as a forced migrant, meaning one who is forced to leave his/her own country.
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Adisplacedpersonmay also be referred to as a forced migrant.
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The internallydisplacedpersongenerally refers to one who is forced to migrate for reasons other than economic conditions, such as war or persecution.
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