refugees

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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

Iranians without electricity or water would soon need external supplies or become refugees to neighboring countries and beyond.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

She was eventually moved to a prison in north-eastern China with other North Korean refugees.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

In 1939, more than 900 Jewish refugees who were fleeing Nazi Germany aboard the MS St. Louis were turned away by Cuba and the United States.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

We would sit down at midday with all the other refugees in the great dining hall and eat good hot food.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo