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Recent Examples of resettlement
Local authorities are providing relief, medical care and resettlement assistance to affected residents, the news report said.
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Grant Peck, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
Lê Shackelford said Columbus Park has historical ties to Vietnamese refugee resettlement after the war and already includes Asian businesses such as Vietnam Café, Pho Lan, Tian Tea House and Café Cà Phê.
—Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
In 2015, Dong and his family fled to Thailand, where the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees recognized them as refugees and they were approved for resettlement in Canada.
—Stella Kim, NBC news, 27 May 2026
Many see Jordan as a way station to permanent resettlement in Canada, the United States, or Europe, where the economic opportunities are better.
—Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
According to statistics cited in a recent federal appeals court ruling, more than 128,000 individuals had been conditionally approved for refugee status when the resettlement program was halted.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Thiswas a good first step to identifying areas needing improvement and ensuring accountability onrefugee resettlement and immigration in Idaho.
—Rose Evans
may 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 May 2026
We also are deeply troubled by the cancellation of the $11 million grant to Catholic Charities of Miami, which played a very important part with the resettlement of Syrian and Afghan refugees in Miami and elsewhere.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
The 1,100 Afghans awaiting resettlement were vetted under that same framework.
—Mariam Khan, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
Grant Peck, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
Lê Shackelford said Columbus Park has historical ties to Vietnamese refugee resettlement after the war and already includes Asian businesses such as Vietnam Café, Pho Lan, Tian Tea House and Café Cà Phê.
—Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
In 2015, Dong and his family fled to Thailand, where the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees recognized them as refugees and they were approved for resettlement in Canada.
—Stella Kim, NBC news, 27 May 2026
Many see Jordan as a way station to permanent resettlement in Canada, the United States, or Europe, where the economic opportunities are better.
—Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
According to statistics cited in a recent federal appeals court ruling, more than 128,000 individuals had been conditionally approved for refugee status when the resettlement program was halted.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Thiswas a good first step to identifying areas needing improvement and ensuring accountability onrefugee resettlement and immigration in Idaho.
—Rose Evans
may 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 May 2026
We also are deeply troubled by the cancellation of the $11 million grant to Catholic Charities of Miami, which played a very important part with the resettlement of Syrian and Afghan refugees in Miami and elsewhere.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
The 1,100 Afghans awaiting resettlement were vetted under that same framework.
—Mariam Khan, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resettlement
Noun
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And, the bill creates a new protocol for when children under the agency’s supervision are taken out of state that requires parents to notify the agency if the relocation lasts for more than two weeks.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
2 June 2026
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Phina is pregnant with their fourth child during this abrupt relocation.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
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Since 1990, though, at least 2 million have returned, a reverse migration that’s reshaping the region’s politics and changing the calculus for the Democratic and Republican parties.—
Theodore R. Johnson,
Washington Post,
3 June 2026
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Sharp disagreements have emerged over migration, Israel’s military actions in Gaza and anti-narcotics strategies, particularly regarding the bombing of drug boats in the Caribbean.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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There’s lots of emigration because there are no jobs.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
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But there’s no such thing as legal emigration to Gilead.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
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While Liden’s displacement and depersonalization of private property in Unheimlich Manöver could be perceived as the inversion of Darboven’s cocooning, the artists share a preoccupation with the silent speech of objects and with language as a spatial entity.—
Erika Landström,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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The practice, at least this year, has been an Archimedean displacement of power, as Democratic contenders filled the bottom of the bath with a divided vote, and Republicans, possibly to their own surprise, rose.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Federal law explicitly protects TPS holders from deportation while the designation is in effect.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2026
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Brinkema said in Friday’s hearing Gyasi and her son could leave Virginia and be deported only if the government could guarantee she would no longer be held at Dulles while that deportation is processed.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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The dispersion has already begun and will continue over a 120-day period.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
30 May 2026
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The result is not unity, but dispersion.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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“Resettlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resettlement. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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