refugees

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A city of half a million people that hosts nearly 100,000 refugees displaced by the civil war, El-Obeid has, in recent weeks, faced its most intense RSF attacks yet.

From Barron's • Jul. 3, 2026

Poland is home to more than two million Ukrainians, both refugees who fled Russia's invasion and economic migrants who have lived in the European Union country for years.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

Some 450 refugees and asylum seekers, like Juma, were camped out this month outside the Department of Home Affairs in Durban.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

In 1939, the German ocean liner, which was carrying Jewish refugees, was turned away by the United States.

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2026

“Take the bags into the store,” he told Ugwu, pointing, as if Ugwu did not know from all the times he had come in the past to bring food for the refugees.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie