Example Sentences

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In April, the UK and France confirmed a new £662m deal to stop migrants from crossing the Channel.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

Such measures as well as the protests are leaving many migrants feeling like the walls are closing in.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

He invoked the deaths of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old student in Georgia, and Jocelyn Nungaray, a 12-year-old girl in Houston, in cases that led to murder charges against Venezuelan migrants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

He condemned "indifference" towards migrants and cast a wreath into the sea at the port of Arguineguin to honour the thousands who have died trying to reach the Canaries.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

The biggest surprise lay in store for the migrants who had sold property and brought cash from the South, expecting to purchase a nice home in their new city.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield