refugee
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Nearly 8.3 million refugees and other forcibly displaced people face losing vital assistance from UNHCR, the UN's refugee agency warned Tuesday, as protection services crumble due to "severe" funding cuts.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Do Afrikaners want to take Trump up on his South African refugee offer?
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
They face unique risks in those countries, said Savi Arvey, director of policy for refugee and immigrant rights at Human Rights First.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
He said limitations on refugee family reunion and a reduction in the asylum grant rate could also have had an impact.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 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
He is the son of refugees who fled communist Vietnam and grew up in the San Gabriel Valley, graduating from Rosemead High School.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The money had been earmarked for programs focused on immigrants, refugees, civil rights, climate change and children.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
Born in Britain to Hungarian refugees from communism, Mr. Hilton served as a senior policy adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Shabana Mahmood will announce the reopening of a scheme to resettle refugees in the UK, as she hopes that offering "safe and legal" routes will deter small boat crossings.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Most of the refugees were being looked after in a huge Belgian-owned building close to the lake shore.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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