Forced Migration

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Forced migration

Eurovoc reference

1913 Forced migration

Related concepts

• Freedom of movement
• Refugee

More specific concepts

• Transfer of population

Definition

A migratory movement in which an element of coercion exists, including threats to life and livelihood, whether arising from natural or man-made causes (e.g. movements of refugees and internally displaced persons as well as people displaced by natural or environmental disasters, chemical or nuclear disasters, famine, or development projects). Source: International Organization for Migration (IOM), Key Migration Terms. Available at: <a href=

Other Languages

• Spanish: Migración forzosa
• French: Migration forcée
• German: Zwangswanderung
• Italian: Migrazione coatta
• Portuguese: Migração forçada
• Polish: Migracja przymusowa

Properties and Values of Forced migration

• URI https://en.legalthesaurus.org/forced-migration/
• skos:Concept: https://en.legalthesaurus.org/forced-migration/

Preferred lexical labels

• skos:prefLabel: Forced migration (en) (USE)
• Term in other languages: see above

Generic concepts

• skos:broader: See above (GT)
• skos:hasTopConcept: See above (Areas)

Specific concepts

• skos:narrower: See the specific concepts above (ST)

Related concepts

• skos:related: see the associative relationships above (RT)
• skos:related: related (other related concepts)

Alternative lexical labels

• skos:altLabel: see the alternative concepts above (UF)
• skos:altLabel: synonym (S)
• skos:altLabel: look up Forced migration abbreviations and acronyms (A)

Documentation notes

• skos:scopeNote: this concept on Forced migration defines the activities of Forced migration (en)
• skos:editorialNote: Editorial Note on Forced migration (EN)
• skos:notation: Notation on Forced migration: see reference Eurovoc (N)
• skos:definition: Forced migration definition:
• skos:example: example of Forced migration usage:

Thematic indexing

• dct:subject: https://lawin.org/forced-migration/
• Definitions: See the meaning(s) of Forced migration
• Search the digital platform (S)

Other general information

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