refugee

Example Sentences

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Steve Smith, chief executive of refugee charity Care4Calais, said the two people who died had been "lost to our deadly border".

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Nearly a month into the Middle East war, Lebanon is facing a deepening humanitarian crisis that now risks teetering over into a catastrophe, the United Nations refugee agency warned Friday.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

In a last-ditch effort to get back to Duke, Bior obtained a special refugee passport, issued by Uganda, that he hopes will allow him to bypass the South Sudan visa ban.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

But it could be doing more to help the deportees gain refugee protection, speeding up the current process, which takes months, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

He walked down to the refugee camp and talked to everybody.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye