refugee
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But when he saw Mexican and Venezuelan army medics giving free services at a refugee camp the government set on a golf course here, he decided to bring his whole family by for a checkup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
The UN refugee agency on Tuesday appealed for millions of dollars in aid to feed and shelter an estimated 30,000 survivors.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Of those who were in employment eight years after receiving refugee status, 37% had been in full-time work with median earnings of £23,000, with just 40% earning more than the minimum wage.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Captain Alphonso Davies, Canada’s best player, was born to Liberian parents in a refugee camp in Ghana before being resettled in Edmonton, becoming a citizen in 2017.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
There are three kids in the photo of a refugee family, but two of them could be about Mustafa's and my ages.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
He founded All Things Possible Ministries, a Christian nonprofit that tends to refugees and other victims of trauma.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
Yaghi was born in Jordan to Palestinian refugees, and immigrated to the U.S. when he was 15 to study.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Earlier, officials said other landslides had killed at least eight Rohingya refugees, including five children, since Sunday.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
"How quickly can I get immigrants and refugees to the stage where they can obtain a work permit and a residence permit? In Germany, that still takes far too long," he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
From that day onward, UN truck drivers visited our line of refugees every day.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
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