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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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The country has also taken in more than a million Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war.

— Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026
Laotian refugees in the country – verified and registered by the United Nations – have gone missing or been found dead.

— Shibani Mahtani, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026

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