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refugee

[ref-yoo-jee, ref-yoo-jee] / ˌrɛf jʊˈdʒi, ˈrɛf jʊˌdʒi /


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Anthony and Peter have had interviews with the UN refugee agency, which could grant them refugee status, although Cameroon may still choose not to accept.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

Three days after the Sept. 11 attacks, I walked into my office at an Episcopalian refugee resettlement organization in New Haven, Conn. There sat five females colleagues with their heads covered in hijabs.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Nevertheless, Omar became the first African refugee to become a member of Congress when she assumed office in January 2019.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

And, as David Kissinger put it: “My stepmother came from this Waspy world, straight out of a Katharine Hepburn film, and my father was a refugee from Nazi Germany.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

A Red Cross van arrived at the refugee camp and two women handed out cups of milk.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Lado said his parents, refugees from South Sudan, taught him “not to just spend money all willy-nilly.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

In the last decade Germany has sheltered millions of refugees, mainly from Syria and other troubled countries in the Middle East.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

Moniava is also the founder of a charitable fund for sick children that until recently aided Ukrainian refugees in Russia.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

More than 300,000 Haitian refugees living in the U.S. lost temporary protective status in July and are subject to deportation.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

Hundreds of articles flooded the screen about people who were marginalized: immigrants, refugees, people living in poverty.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste




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