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deportees

noun

plural of deportee

as in refugees

a person forced to emigrate for political reasons the deportee vowed that he would someday return to a liberated nation

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refugees

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Ung, the son of Cambodian refugees and a onetime personal trainer turned reluctant doughnut maker, is closing the chapter on Monarch to rest — and weigh what might come next.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
No God But Us is very much a book about Afghan refugees who are trying to forge a future amidst great displacement.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

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