relocatees

noun

plural of relocatee
as in refugees

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  1. refugees
  2. immigrants
  3. evacuees
  4. emigrants
  5. expatriates
  6. migrants
  7. defectors
Noun
  • When refugees from Syria and Rohingya started coming to the United States, Ibrahim said UMMA started coat drives, food boxes for refugees, and offered rental assistance to those who needed a place to live.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The number of refugees admitted to the United States during the first 10 months of the fiscal year is on pace to hit its lowest level on record, according to a new analysis.
    — Shalina Chatlani, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of refugees
Noun
  • The government had checked a hundred and fifty thousand names against its files, actively monitoring immigrants and citizens alike, and deported at least seventy-eight people.
    — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Born in Harlem to Caribbean immigrants, Belafonte achieved success in the 1950s – unprecedented for a Black singer and actor.
    — Monitor reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of immigrants
Noun
  • Casinos in Reno offered discounts on hotel rooms to evacuees.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Rocky Ripple town council president Randy Sanders told evacuees that the evacuation could last until tomorrow evening — or longer.
    — Tilly Robinson, IndyStar, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of evacuees
Noun
  • The decision could have broad implications for descendants of Italian emigrants, particularly in North and South America, where large Italian diaspora communities have ancestral ties to Italy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
  • González has witnessed the ties between Mexico and its emigrants abroad evolve over four decades, starting as a young consular officer in the administration of Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
    — Alfredo Corchado, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of emigrants
Noun
  • Likewise, the Relief Procedures for Certain Former Citizens provides a pathway for eligible former citizens with minimal tax liability to resolve outstanding filing obligations without becoming covered expatriates.
    — Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • His success in the States landed him on the Israeli reality series The Americans, which follows Israeli expatriates chasing the American dream in the United States.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026
Definition of expatriates
Noun
  • Liberia’s Justice Minister Natu Oswald Tweh said at Tuesday’s briefing that the country has screened the list of migrants ahead of their arrival.
    — Mark Mengonfia, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • On May 12, an employee at a Union Pacific rail yard in Laredo, Texas, discovered six migrants dead inside a boxcar.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of migrants
Noun
  • The documentary tracks students at the Jangdaehyun School in Busan, South Korea – an institution serving North Korean defectors and their families.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026
  • But intelligence officials previously told The Associated Press that Russia’s security services are now more brazen in their choice of targets, going after Russian activists and foreign supporters of Ukraine as well as military defectors.
    — Claudia Ciobanu, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of defectors
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