- a person who has been forced to leave their country or home, because there is a war or for political, religious or social reasons
- There has been a steady flow of refugees from the war zone.
- political/economic refugees
- political refugees
- a refugee camp
Collocations ImmigrationImmigration- apply for/gain/obtain/be granted/be denied citizenship
- seek/claim/request/be granted/be refused/be denied asylum
- have/hold dual citizenship/nationality
- assist/welcome/accept refugees/new immigrants
- house/resettle/accommodate refugees/asylum seekers
- employ/hire/use migrant workers
- rely on/exploit/use immigrant/migrant labour
- control/curb/restrict/limit/deter/discourage immigration/migration
- illegal/uncontrolled/mass immigration
- smuggle/traffic people into the country/across the border
- detain/deport/repatriate/expel illegal immigrants/migrants
Synonyms immigrantimmigrantmigrant ▪ refugee ▪ asylum seeker ▪ expatriateThese words all describe people who have moved to a different country. immigrant a person who has either chosen or been forced to leave their country and come to live permanently in a different country:- immigrants from other European countries
- The country has a large seasonal migrant population.
- There has been a steady flow of refugees from the war zone.
- to provide accommodation and support for asylum seekers
- American expatriates in Paris
- economic/skilled migrants
- illegal/undocumented immigrants/migrants
- political refugees
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictb2, Social issuesb2- A flood of displaced refugees fled west.
- Our biggest challenge is the plight of refugees at our southern border.
- Hundreds of refugees poured out of the city.
- These are some of the most vulnerable refugees, including former detainees, women, children, and survivors of human trafficking.
- The country has a long tradition of giving asylum to political refugees.
- The government has agreed to take only 150 refugees plus their dependants.
- She has been granted refugee status.
- The Home Office has refused him refugee status.
- He was born in a refugee camp.
- ‘We are in a global refugee crisis,’ she said.
- They raised money to help a refugee family be resettled in Cornwall.
- It is feared that climate change will produce environmental refugees on a massive scale.
- a new influx of refugees from the combat zone
- refugees displaced by the civil war
- refugees fleeing political persecution
- refugees from civil wars
- refugees living in camps along the border
- Several thousand refugees are reported to have fled to the eastern border.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- genuine
- would-be
- former
- …
- qualify as
- be considered (as)
- accept
- …
- flee something
- be displaced
- arrive
- …
- crisis
- issue
- problem
- …
- among refugee
- refugee from
- a flood of refugees
- a influx of refugees
- the flow of refugees
- …
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French réfugié ‘gone in search of refuge’, past participle of (se) réfugier, from refuge, from Latin refugium, from Latin re- ‘back’ + fugere ‘flee’.
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