refugees

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

Example Sentences

President David Adeang also floated the possibility of sending the immigrants -- some of whom advocacy groups say are refugees -- back to their homelands.

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In the ‘80s and ‘90s, the federal government resettled tens of thousands of Hmong, Lao, Cambodian and Vietnamese refugees in California after the Vietnam War, the Cambodian genocide and the Laotian civil war .

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Existing fast-track routes for victims of domestic abuse, bereaved partners and resettled refugees will remain.

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We found adverts offering high pay for unspecified part time work posted in a variety of unrelated Ukrainian Telegram groups, including some geared at refugees and even beauty tips.

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The party has, however, called for the Welsh government to scrap its Nation of Sanctuary programme, which is designed to help asylum seekers and refugees.

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Related Words

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