refugee
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At the time, Robinson was in prison after admitting contempt of court by repeating false claims against a Syrian refugee.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
According to Boettcher, Abdulmohsen's motive lay in a conflict with a Cologne-based refugee organisation against which he had lost a civil suit.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
"Everyone is an immigrant or a refugee or migrant," Gere said at the launch of the partnership between his foundation and the Hertie School, a Berlin-based public policy university.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
The U.N. refugee agency counted nearly 181,000 Chinese seeking asylum in 2024, up from roughly 15,400 at the end of 2012, the year Chinese leader Xi Jinping took power.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
I can’t believe she was only twelve—the same age as I am now—when she left home to be a brigadista and then had to leave Cuba by herself as a refugee.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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