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nouninternally displaced person (plural internally displaced persons or internally displaced people)
plural internally displaced persons · plural internally displaced people
- Someone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country's borders.
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By the end of 2022 the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) – those forced from their homes but remaining within their country of residence – reached 71 million, according to figures published by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), up from 59.1 million in 2021.
2023 May 11, Lizzy Davies, “Conflict and climate disasters combine to create record rise in displaced people”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2023Synonyms: IDP, internal refugee
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nounSomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country's borders.
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Catalan desplaçat intern, desplaçada interna
- desplaçat internsomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
- desplaçada internasomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
Chinese Mandarin 國內流離失所者 /国内流离失所者
- 國內流離失所者 /国内流离失所者 (guónèi liúlíshīsuǒzhě)someone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
Czech vnitřně vysídlená osoba, VVO
- vnitřně vysídlená osobasomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
- VVOsomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
Danish internt fordreven person
- internt fordreven personsomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
Dutch intern ontheemde, interne vluchteling
- intern ontheemdesomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
- interne vluchtelingsomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
- binnenlands ontheemdesomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
Esperanto Interne dislokita persono
- Interne dislokita personosomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
Finnish maan sisäinen pakolainen
- maan sisäinen pakolainensomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
French déplacé interne
- déplacé internesomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
German Binnenflüchtling
- Binnenflüchtlingsomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
Hungarian belső menekült
- belső menekültsomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
Indonesian pengungsi internal
- pengungsi internalsomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
Irish duine easáitithe de thír
- duine easáitithe de thírsomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
Malay orang pelarian dalaman
- orang pelarian dalamansomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
Norwegian Bokmål internt fordreven person
- internt fordreven personsomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
Polish uchodźca wewnętrzny
- uchodźca wewnętrznysomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
Portuguese deslocado interno, deslocada interna
- deslocado internosomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
- deslocada internasomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
- pessoa deslocada internamentesomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
Russian вну́тренне перемещё́нное лицо́
- вну́тренне перемещё́нное лицо́ (vnútrenne peremeščónnoje licó)someone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
Spanish desplazado interno
- desplazado internosomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
Swedish internflykting
- internflyktingsomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
Turkish ülke içinde yerinden edilmiş kişi, ÜİYEK
- ülke içinde yerinden edilmiş kişisomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
- ÜİYEKsomeone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
Ukrainian вну́трішньо перемі́щена осо́ба, ВПО
- вну́трішньо перемі́щена осо́ба (vnútrišnʹo peremíščena osóba)someone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
- ВПО (VPO)someone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country’s borders
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internally displaced person. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/internally%20displaced%20person
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“internally displaced person.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/internally%20displaced%20person. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “internally displaced person,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/internally%20displaced%20person.
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