refugee

[US]/ˌrefjuˈdʒiː/
[UK]/ˌrefjuˈdʒiː/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a person who has been forced to leave their home country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster; a individual seeking refuge or asylum.

Phrases & Collocations

war refugee

refugee camp

Example Sentences

refugee camp on the border .

a refugee whose name no one could pronounce.

Refugees often go hungry.

The refugees are still jumpy, although they are now in safety.

The refugees want to be resettled in London.

There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.

The refugee camps have reached saturation point.

they carted off the refugees in the middle of the night.

harbor refugees; harbor a fugitive.

the flood of refugees seeking entry to western Europe.

a massive influx of refugees from front-line areas.

mercy missions to refugees caught up in the fighting.

the refugee encampments will provide some respite from the suffering.

Sick and starving refugees are the flotsam and jetsam of war.

refugees who ached for their homeland.

rootless refugees in a strange country.

Some of the political refugees found sanctuary in a monastery.

Real-world Examples

But the plan only includes 20,000 refugees.

Source: European and American Cultural Atmosphere (Audio)

So you have 60 million refugees globally.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) October 2015 Collection

Even Spain takes more refugees than the UK.

Source: Financial Times

Funds are dwindling and the refugees keep pouring in.

Source: NPR News July 2014 Compilation

Santo Makoi is a political refugee from South Sudan.

Source: VOA Special April 2019 Collection

Syria's neighbors are hosting over 4 million refugees.

Source: VOA Standard October 2015 Collection

So I went to the refugee camp.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) September 2015 Collection

The minister responsible has questioned whether the migrants are genuine refugees.

Source: CNN 10 Student English January 2019 Collection

Tuvaluans now living in New Zealand call themselves " climate refugees."

Source: Global Slow English

Do you know how many climate refugees there will be?

Source: Environment and Science

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