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Recent Examples of refugees
More than 150,000 new Rohingya refugees have arrived in the camps in the past two years, UNHCR says, straining the tight resources.
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Rebecca Wright, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Afghan refugees like him await their asylum decisions in an increasingly hostile climate marked by ICE raids and deportations.
—Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Washington is reportedly planning to allow 7,000 white Afrikaners into the country, out of a total of just 7,500 refugees this year.
—Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Brodin may have the chance, as the Swedish government announced him as its candidate to become the new United Nations high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) last Monday.
—Peter Vanham, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
The heroic young girl Korero is descended from Aoteora (New Zealand) refugees, who are living on a sparse island that doesn’t draw attention from invaders.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Smoke billows following an Israeli strike that targeted a building in the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
The Kinzounzas ate a little better than the other refugees; Raymond Kinzounza's uncle, in the camp, had enough money to get the family fresh fish from the nearby river.
—Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025
Upon arrival, refugees receive only 90 days of federal support.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
Rebecca Wright, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Afghan refugees like him await their asylum decisions in an increasingly hostile climate marked by ICE raids and deportations.
—Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Washington is reportedly planning to allow 7,000 white Afrikaners into the country, out of a total of just 7,500 refugees this year.
—Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Brodin may have the chance, as the Swedish government announced him as its candidate to become the new United Nations high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) last Monday.
—Peter Vanham, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
The heroic young girl Korero is descended from Aoteora (New Zealand) refugees, who are living on a sparse island that doesn’t draw attention from invaders.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Smoke billows following an Israeli strike that targeted a building in the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
The Kinzounzas ate a little better than the other refugees; Raymond Kinzounza's uncle, in the camp, had enough money to get the family fresh fish from the nearby river.
—Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025
Upon arrival, refugees receive only 90 days of federal support.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for refugees
Noun
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Today, Venezuela has the largest population of exiles in the Americas and the second largest in the world after Syria — despite not being in a civil war — with more than 8 million people living abroad.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
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Six years later, he was assigned to be a pastor at a church in Bay Ridge, where the pews, once occupied by Norwegian immigrants, were filling up with Arab Christians, many of them Palestinian exiles.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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However, the evacuees were never allowed to return, and the dogs left at the exclusion zone were abandoned and considered strays.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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The evacuees are now being sheltered in temporary tents as authorities assess structural safety and continue emergency response efforts.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Prior to checking in at the guesthouse, Mangione met a Japanese professional poker player at dinner in Tokyo in February and chatted with two American expatriates in Bangkok in March, The New York Times reported.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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The social-media ban cut off many of these expatriates from their families.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Refugees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refugees. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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