refugee
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Born a British subject, Hobsbawm refused to consider himself a refugee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Ross's friends and her church in Edinburgh joined in tributes to the 38-year-old, who had been volunteering with a refugee support group in Greece.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
"I'm so sad," he told AFP via telephone from a refugee shelter in central France, where they are now waiting to hear if they can stay.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Police said Ross - who is from Edinburgh and is known to family and friends as Lisa - had been volunteering with a refugee support group based in Athens.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Uncle Abdullah decided to rent our house to a refugee family and forced Mama and me to move into his house.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
Thousands of anti-racist campaigners marched along Buchanan Street in the city centre with banners such as "refugees welcome " and "hate has no place here".
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
In 2025 alone, Iran and Pakistan combined have returned more than a million Afghan immigrants and refugees to their country of origin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Nepal hosts thousands of Tibetan refugees, and swathes of the country's high Himalayan north, bordering Tibet, share its culture, Buddhist religion and language.
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
I’m the child of Vietnamese refugees, and when they claimed asylum in Los Angeles, we were plonked into the cultural collision that was Spanish-speaking Pacoima.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Lists of names were regularly posted, and refugees could learn when they would leave and where they would go.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
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