refugees

NOUN

person running from something, often oppression

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alien displaced person emigrant evacuee exile expatriate foreigner

STRONG

DP castaway defector derelict deserter escapee foundling fugitive leper maroon outcast outlaw prodigal renegade runaway

WEAK

boat person expellee homeless person stateless person émigré

Antonyms

STRONGEST

citizen national native

Example Sentences

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More than 120,000 Ukrainian refugees have sought refugee status in Ireland since the outbreak of war in Ukraine in February 2022.

From BBC

“We have now decided to narrow the support to only vulnerable refugees,” Geoffrey Mugabe, a senior official in the Ugandan prime minister’s office, said.

From The Wall Street Journal

A majority of the population of the modern-day Gaza Strip descended from refugees of the Nakba.

From Salon

Then we flew north to Poland, where a little church with a big heart had taken in 60 Ukrainian refugees who had fled the war.

From The Wall Street Journal

Additionally, when calculating net migration, only countries which include asylum seekers or refugees in their immigration figures are included, these are:

From BBC