refugee
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Not yet 30, the energetically self-assured German refugee soon mesmerizes the narrator and his four closest classmates—Aharon, Dan, Yair and Aya, the only female among them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The disputed settlement emerged from a 1985 lawsuit over the fate of 15-year-old Jenny Flores, a Salvadoran refugee who was picked up by federal immigration enforcement and left to languish in detention in Pasadena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Relief workers are also worried about water contamination and disease spreading in refugee camps that have sprung up around La Guaira and Caracas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Syria is seeking economic support to rebuild after years of brutal war that helped rise to the Islamic State extremist group and generated a major refugee crisis.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
For a year he’d worked in a refugee camp with an international aid organization.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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A haven for refugees fleeing a civil war in the late ’90s, Minnesota is home to some 80,000 people of Somali descent, most of whom are citizens.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Asylum seekers and refugees are also exempt, as are some of those who receive disability benefits.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
But as mayor, Burnham argued issues out of his control exacerbated the problem with the underlying housing shortage, cost-of-living pressures and refugees being evicted from hotels meaning the numbers have remained high.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
In the 1930s and 1940s, postrevolutionary Mexico emerged as both an incubator of modern art and haven for European refugees, political exiles and other expats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
As the Russians retreated in Poland, abandoning town after town to the Germans, terrified refugees were fleeing in all directions.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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