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Recent Examples of refugees
Court bars asylum claims before refugees enter US Alito wrote another decision June 25 for a 6-3 majority that allowed the administration to turn back refugees at the border.
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Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
As millions of Venezuelan refugees moved through Latin America, Tren de Aragua established criminal footholds along migration corridors, extending its reach into Colombia, Peru, Chile, Ecuador and eventually the United States.
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Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2026
The group traces the country’s history of xenophobic attacks back to 2008, when 62 people—including 21 South Africans, 11 Mozambicans, 5 Zimbabweans and 3 Somalis—were killed in riots targeting refugees.
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Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
1 July 2026
Eventually, a group of refugees carried Feliks in a potato sack over the Nahr al-Kabir river on the northern border between Syria and Lebanon.
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
What struck him about her story was the language people use when referring to refugees.
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Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
29 June 2026
Back in the 1980s, the wave of post-war Vietnamese refugees was often anything but welcome.
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Luke Burbank,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
But Zelenskyy’s decision to name a military unit after the UPA drew fury from Warsaw, which had already shown signs of war fatigue over the influx of refugees and economic drain of supporting Ukraine’s fight.
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Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
27 June 2026
More than 900 Jewish refugees attempted to flee persecution in Nazi Germany by setting sail aboard the ship, which was turned away from Cuba and the United States.
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Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
As millions of Venezuelan refugees moved through Latin America, Tren de Aragua established criminal footholds along migration corridors, extending its reach into Colombia, Peru, Chile, Ecuador and eventually the United States.
—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2026
The group traces the country’s history of xenophobic attacks back to 2008, when 62 people—including 21 South Africans, 11 Mozambicans, 5 Zimbabweans and 3 Somalis—were killed in riots targeting refugees.
—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
1 July 2026
Eventually, a group of refugees carried Feliks in a potato sack over the Nahr al-Kabir river on the northern border between Syria and Lebanon.
—
ABC News,
30 June 2026
What struck him about her story was the language people use when referring to refugees.
—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
29 June 2026
Back in the 1980s, the wave of post-war Vietnamese refugees was often anything but welcome.
—
Luke Burbank,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
But Zelenskyy’s decision to name a military unit after the UPA drew fury from Warsaw, which had already shown signs of war fatigue over the influx of refugees and economic drain of supporting Ukraine’s fight.
—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
27 June 2026
More than 900 Jewish refugees attempted to flee persecution in Nazi Germany by setting sail aboard the ship, which was turned away from Cuba and the United States.
—
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for refugees
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Is an invasion by Cuban exiles at the Bay of Pigs the next move?
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The estranged daughter of Fidel Castro has never entirely felt at peace here, in a city of exiles, despite being one herself.
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Once again, we’re shown Blunt’s character being hijacked by aliens mid-weather report, uttering an alien language of clicks and pops.
Noun
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The fires previously also caused more than 200 people to voluntarily evacuate from a trailer park community near Krome Avenue on Wednesday, but the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office announced on Saturday such evacuees were allowed to return to their homes.
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Near the Broward County line on the north side of Krome, the owner of Jones Trailer Park said evacuees are being allowed to return, though power has not yet been restored.
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The Gulf states are home to several million Indian and Pakistani expatriates, and the region supplies much of the oil and gas on which both nations depend.
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The numbers reinforced a growing belief among expatriates that the Colombian diaspora has evolved into a major political force.
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“Refugees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refugees. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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