refugees
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Refugees or illegal migrants crossing the river into Greece enter a heavily militarised restricted zone, dotted with watchtowers.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Banished from the U.S., undocumented in Mexico and unable to go home, deportees are stuck in “a quasi-stateless limbo,” according to a recent report by the advocacy group Refugees International.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
Appeared in the January 23, 2026, print edition as 'Notable & Quotable: Refugees'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
"This fragmentation of geopolitics that has caused the emergence of so many crises is perhaps the most worrying thing," the Italian diplomat said in his final interview as UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees had decided to relocate all of us to a new camp sixty miles inside northwestern Kenya.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
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