refugee crisis

C35571
concept

A refugee crisis is a large-scale, often sudden displacement of people fleeing conflict, persecution, or disaster, overwhelming the capacity of receiving states and humanitarian systems to provide protection and basic needs.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
migration crisis 1

Instances (4)

Instance Via concept surface
Great Lakes refugee crises
Retirada (mass flight to France in early 1939)
surface form: Retirada
Laotian refugee crisis
European migrant crisis migration crisis