refugee

Example Sentences

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For those war refugees who have come seeking sanctuary in the UK, a major question is what would they do should the war come to an end?

From BBC

I can’t believe she was only twelve—the same age as I am now—when she left home to be a brigadista and then had to leave Cuba by herself as a refugee.

From Literature

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

From Literature

Around one million Syrian refugees remain in Lebanon, according to UNHCR.

From Barron's

Partridge called on the community to come together "in the way we did when the Afghan families and Ukrainian refugees arrived".

From BBC