refugees

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She encourages retraining and better schemes to bring young people, refugees, veterans and older workers into the workforce.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Higher transport and fuel costs "disproportionately affect people in emergencies", including refugees and displaced people, the agency said.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

The arrival of refugees fleeing the civil war in neighbouring Sudan in recent months has further raised tensions over resources and security.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Born in London to Hungarian refugees who fled their homeland during the 1956 revolution, Hilton grew up in a household without much money.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Besides the seventeen refugees from Washington’s home, more than twenty enslaved people from Thomas Jefferson’s properties were also in Yorktown, along with thousands of others who had escaped bondage.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis