GSU Library Research Guides: Refugees and Forced Migration: Subject Guide: Key Terms

Keywords and Subject Headings

Asylum

Right of Asylum

Child Detention

Compulsory resettlement

Defectors

Deportation

Development-induced displacement

Displaced persons

Ethnic cleansing

Exile

Expulsion

Forcible displacement

Forced migration

Genocide

Human trafficking

Human rights

Internal displacement

Internal migrants

Internally displaced persons

International human rights

Involuntary resettlement

Mass migration

Forced migration

Internal migration

Persecution

Political migrants

Population resettlement

Population transfers

Refugee children

Refugee policy

Refugees

Forced relocation

Repatriation

Involuntary resettlement

Sanctuary (law)

Social Justice

War crimes

Women refugees

CARFMS-ORTT: Key Concepts in the Field
From the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS).
International Organization for Migration - Key Migration Terms
Established in 1951, IOM is the leading inter-governmental organization in the field of migration and works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners.
Forced Migration Online: Themes
These pages provide access to web-based resources on a variety of themes relating to forced migration.