- plural of refugee.
refugees
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Since the full-scale Russian invasion nearly five years ago, Poland has welcomed well over a million refugees from its beleaguered neighbor to the east.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Her family arrived in the county as Jewish refugees from Germany in the 1930s, escaping the tyranny of the Nazis.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Even though the community suffers from extensive poverty due in part to discrimination and the few resources refugees from a war-torn country are able to marshal, it has also produced a large number of entrepreneurs.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
The UN refugees chief warned Monday about being "asked to do the impossible", with his agency over-stretched by a huge funding shortfall and heavy displacement.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
“They do it deliberately. By denying it, they can pretend it doesn’t exist. No racism. No global warming. No refugees dying. It’s all about denying the truth.”
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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