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Recent Examples of resettlement
Mark Hetfield, president of the refugee resettlement group HIAS, defended the existing global agreements as ensuring people would never be subject to persecution without an escape route.
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Ted Hesson, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
According to our Homestead Experience Coordinator, these bespoke technologies were programmed just for us, maximizing the benefits of our changing climate and our reshaped biomes, all while taking the messy human guesswork out of relocation and resettlement.
—Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau speaks to the press after welcoming the first group of Afrikaners from South Africa to arrive for resettlement at Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, on May 12, 2025.
—Dan Gooding
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Refugee resettlement programs have had to lay off staff and suspend operations after federal funding was frozen.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Judy Orr retiring as executive director of Nashville's Catholic Charities after six-plus years, overseeing COVID-19 and tornado relief and refugee resettlement programs.
—Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
Tennessee’s history of supporting of refugees Tennessee for decades has accepted refugees since the country’s resettlement program began in 1980 with the passage of the Refugee Act.
—Kelly Puente, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Israel has floated similar resettlement proposals with other African nations.
—CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
Right-wing media in Israel have also begun seeding the idea of resettlement in earnest.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
Ted Hesson, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
According to our Homestead Experience Coordinator, these bespoke technologies were programmed just for us, maximizing the benefits of our changing climate and our reshaped biomes, all while taking the messy human guesswork out of relocation and resettlement.
—Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau speaks to the press after welcoming the first group of Afrikaners from South Africa to arrive for resettlement at Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, on May 12, 2025.
—Dan Gooding
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Refugee resettlement programs have had to lay off staff and suspend operations after federal funding was frozen.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Judy Orr retiring as executive director of Nashville's Catholic Charities after six-plus years, overseeing COVID-19 and tornado relief and refugee resettlement programs.
—Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
Tennessee’s history of supporting of refugees Tennessee for decades has accepted refugees since the country’s resettlement program began in 1980 with the passage of the Refugee Act.
—Kelly Puente, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Israel has floated similar resettlement proposals with other African nations.
—CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
Right-wing media in Israel have also begun seeding the idea of resettlement in earnest.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resettlement
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Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately protested South Africa's efforts in July, accusing South Africa of suppressing Taiwan and promising countermeasures if South Africa refused to consult with Taiwan on the embassy relocation.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
24 Sep. 2025
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For more relocation ideas, check out our list of the 10 Most Affordable Places To Retire In The South.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
23 Sep. 2025
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At stake, the report says, are migration corridors for elk, mule deer and Canada lynx, forests that remove carbon from the atmosphere, clean water, clean air and outdoor spaces that attract visitors to the benefit of the state’s economy.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
26 Sep. 2025
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BirdCast, which tracks bird migration, wrote online.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Nashville Tennessean,
26 Sep. 2025
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Tilbury Docks is a post-industrial wasteland of car parks, motorways and an old brick terminal whose walls are coated thick with the memory of emigration.—
David Greig
September 15,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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Local culture is infused with goodbyes, says archivist Seonaid McDonald, who helped curate an exhibit at Lews Castle about emigration from the island.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
14 Sep. 2025
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The exhibition focuses on the communities’ deep roots in various San Diego County neighborhoods — from Julian to La Jolla to Logan Heights — and how gentrification, highway development and discriminatory housing policies led to their displacement.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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The title refers to the identification number assigned to each child before being sent abroad to strangers — a haunting symbol of loss and displacement.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
28 Sep. 2025
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Ana Maria Vargas, 52, a correctional officer in Arizona, applied to be a deportation officer.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
26 Sep. 2025
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Economy slowing Mass deportations and other restrictions have had a chilling effect and become a factor in the slowing economy.—
Patricia Lopez,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Powell is presiding over a Fed that has come under intense criticism from the White House and is seeing an unusually wide dispersion in views among officials.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
23 Sep. 2025
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The biggest challenge to governance in Japan is not far-right populism but power dispersion and the gridlock that comes with it.—
Mireya Solís,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Resettlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resettlement. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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