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Recent Examples of resettlement
Writer and historian Erik Matsunago will talk about the history of post-World War II resettlement via first-person accounts of people who were part of the JASC oral history project.
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Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
The resettlement to a different country took years to materialise due to the high refugee influx at the time to Europe, mainly from Syria.
—Simon Hughes, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
The adult day care center is supposedly housed within a run-down strip mall, occupying four commercial suites next to African Immigrants Community Services, a refugee resettlement program helping East Africans obtain public benefits.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
Both have called for Jewish resettlement in the territory.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
The British colonial government began setting up resettlement communities.
—Gigi Leung, Time, 20 Dec. 2025
Launched in 1993 as a refugee resettlement program, Opening Doors now offers a variety of resources, including pro bono immigration legal services, mental health counseling services, housing assistance and microenterprise business loans.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Officials involved in Afghan refugee resettlement decline to comment after National Guard shooting.
—FOXNews.com, 15 Dec. 2025
What To Know How the Legal Fight Began The executive action sparked a legal challenge in February from refugees and resettlement agencies, who alleged the suspension violated the Refugee Act and the Administrative Procedure Act.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
The resettlement to a different country took years to materialise due to the high refugee influx at the time to Europe, mainly from Syria.
—Simon Hughes, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
The adult day care center is supposedly housed within a run-down strip mall, occupying four commercial suites next to African Immigrants Community Services, a refugee resettlement program helping East Africans obtain public benefits.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
Both have called for Jewish resettlement in the territory.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
The British colonial government began setting up resettlement communities.
—Gigi Leung, Time, 20 Dec. 2025
Launched in 1993 as a refugee resettlement program, Opening Doors now offers a variety of resources, including pro bono immigration legal services, mental health counseling services, housing assistance and microenterprise business loans.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Officials involved in Afghan refugee resettlement decline to comment after National Guard shooting.
—FOXNews.com, 15 Dec. 2025
What To Know How the Legal Fight Began The executive action sparked a legal challenge in February from refugees and resettlement agencies, who alleged the suspension violated the Refugee Act and the Administrative Procedure Act.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resettlement
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Greece now offers a new five-year golden visa for foreign investors, creating another enticing relocation option for Americans interested in moving abroad.—
Brittany Chang,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 Jan. 2026
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Google cofounder Larry Page has quietly—or loudly—joined the billionaire exodus from California, shifting businesses east and dropping about $173 million on two ultra-luxury waterfront mansions in Miami’s Coconut Grove in a move that looks strikingly similar to Jeff Bezos’ relocation playbook.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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The film highlights the threat a border wall poses to the jaguars' migration corridors into the United States.—
Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Brookings report estimate of net migration is lower than that of the Congressional Budget Office, which this month said its projection of net migration for 2025 was about 410,000, also a significant decline from its previous prediction of 2 million for the year.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
14 Jan. 2026
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My parents met in the United States several years later after my mom's emigration from Iran during the Iran-Iraq War.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Jan. 2026
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The emigration was published in the official gazette so that potential creditors could still collect their money before the people set off for the New World.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Jan. 2026
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The absence of noise left Juszczyk with an eerie sense of displacement.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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Advertisement This depletion of humanitarian capacity means that should the security situation deteriorate, or additional displacement occur, organizations are ill-equipped to meet needs.—
Ciaran Donnelly,
Time,
11 Jan. 2026
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A number of Venezuelans who were sent to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador and subsequently returned to Venezuela have tried to challenge their deportations in US courts.—
Flora Charner,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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An administrative warrant, by contrast, is issued internally by ICE and allows its agents to arrest someone for an immigration violation, such as overstaying a visa or failing to obey a deportation order.—
Emiliano Tahui Gómez,
Austin American Statesman,
10 Jan. 2026
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Showing little propulsive momentum at the index level and under the sway of wide dispersion among stocks and sectors, this churning phase has left investor positioning and attitudes shy of dangerous extremes.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
5 Jan. 2026
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Stable dispersions lasted for up to a month, supported by strong negative zeta potentials in both water and ethanol.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Dec. 2025
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“Resettlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resettlement. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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