refugees

1. People who flee a nation, often to escape punishment for their political affiliations or for political dissent.

Example Sentences

It is worth recalling that approximately 7.9 million migrants and refugees have already left Venezuela, with over 6.7 million residing in Latin American and Caribbean countries.

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Pretoria on Friday criticised a US decision to prioritise white South Africans as refugees accepted into the country, saying it was based on "widely discredited" claims of their persecution.

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Undocumented immigrants are not and have never been eligible for benefits, and the Republican reforms made refugees and asylum seekers ineligible.

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Under the new policy, the United States would welcome 7,500 refugees in fiscal 2026, down from more than 100,000 a year under Democratic president Joe Biden.

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More than half of Jordan's population is of Palestinian descent, and over decades, the country has taken in 2.3 million Palestinian refugees fleeing earlier wars with Israel - the largest number in the region.

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Related Words

• alien 
• displaced person 
• emigrant 
• evacuee 
• exile 
• expatriate 
• foreigner