- plural of refugee.
refugees
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The Dominican Republic’s policies on Haitian immigrants and refugees are significantly tougher than those of the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Nepal hosts thousands of Tibetan refugees, and swathes of the country's high Himalayan north, bordering Tibet, share its culture, Buddhist religion and language.
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
Lengthy negotiations secured the bird's release, but not before refugees carried Feliks in a potato sack over the Nahr al-Kabir river on the northern border between Syria and Lebanon, the Associated Press reported.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
I’m the child of Vietnamese refugees, and when they claimed asylum in Los Angeles, we were plonked into the cultural collision that was Spanish-speaking Pacoima.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Some of the other refugees back down on the main road were shouting out after us, telling us we would get lost in the forest.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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