refugees

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

Example Sentences

Unlike Reform, the Tories are not promising to formally disapply the Refugee Convention, a 1951 treaty that prevents signatory countries from returning refugees to countries where they face serious threats to their life or freedom.

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But Okamura's call for Ukrainian refugees to be deported en masse will likely fall on deaf ears.

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He will say that migrants and refugees are "not the problem" and accuse Labour of failing to offer an alternative to what he says are the "hateful divisive politics" of Nigel Farage.

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But the party's potential coalition partners want to go further, with radical cuts to defence spending and the expulsion of Ukrainian refugees.

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People who do not have a permanent or safe home will be exempt - such as homeless people, victims of domestic abuse, refugees and asylum seekers.

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Related Words

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