refugee

Example Sentences

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Uganda hosts more refugees than any other African country, according to the United Nations.

From Barron's

More than one million Rohingya still live in refugee camps in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar region alone - some of the largest and most densely populated camps in the world, according to the UN's refugee agency.

From BBC

"Forty years ago, we were among the biggest exporters of refugees among the neighbouring countries that surround us," Dombo told the BBC.

From BBC

His deployment of troops to fight jihadists in Somalia, and an open-door policy to refugees, won favour from foreign donors, even as they triggered corruption scandals at home.

From Barron's

They harmonized beautifully over a tightly-apertured standard about reciprocated sweetness — a song performed at the scale of a treat in the home of a refugee.

From Los Angeles Times