refugees

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These include plans to deport refugees and asylum seekers or to house them in central accommodation.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

“My parents are Hungarian refugees from communism,” Hilton said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Restrictions on eligibility for asylees, refugees and victims of human trafficking under Section 10108 are expected to affect roughly 90,000 people per month — those already living at the margins of the margins.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Some Miami residents have objected to the location of Trump’s library, which is situated next to the city’s Freedom Tower, where hundreds of thousands of Cuban refugees were processed in the 1960s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Our only hope was asylum in places like England or America, which meant we were refugees, begging for them to protect us.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri