refugeeref‧u‧gee /ˌrefjʊˈdʒiː/ ●●○ noun [countable] 
Refugees were streaming across the border. refugee camps
WORD ORIGINrefugee
Origin:
1600-1700 French réfugié, past participle of réfugier ‘to take refuge’, from Latin refugium; ➔ REFUGEEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a refugee camp
- Britain has traditionally been a safe haven for political refugees.
- Most of the refugees from the former war zone have now been sent back.
- The government has been unable to provide enough tents for all the refugees.
- And is it reasonable to expect the refugees to go back?
- But for its refugees, Lothian and its southlands are dead.
- But it is hard to remain morally comfortable when turning back refugees.
- It all left yesterday's would-be refugees furious at the latest delay in an evacuation that has taken two months to negotiate.
- Mandela mustered encouragement for the refugees, who are mostly Hutu.
- So far, the most desperate of measures has not been taken, perhaps because would-be refugees have nowhere to run.
- Villagers from El Barillo ended up in a church-run refugee camp in Calle Real.
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who enters another country
someone who enters another country in order to live there permanently: · The new immigrants come mainly from Asia and Latin America.immigrant from: · Jae Min's parents are immigrants from South Korea.immigrant to: · The winery was started by an Italian immigrant to California.legal/illegal immigrant: · The bill would have cut off government aid even to legal immigrants.
someone who enters another country because they are not safe in their own country, for example because there is a war there: · The government has been unable to provide enough tents for all the refugees.refugee from: · Most of the refugees from the former war zone have now been sent back.political refugee: · Britain has traditionally been a safe haven for political refugees.
someone who asks to be allowed to enter another country because they are not safe in their own country, especially because of their political beliefs or activities: · Too often asylum-seekers are treated like criminals.· Officially recognized asylum-seekers cannot be deported.
when people enter a country in order to live there permanently: · Most people in the UK believe that immigration has enriched the economy and national culture.· Immigration reached its peak in the 1950s.· Immigration officials stopped and arrested the man at JFK airport.
WORD SETSbanish, verbbill of rights, nounbirthright, nounburgher, nouncrown colony, noundefect, verbdemocracy, noundeport, verbdeportee, noundisplaced person, nounelectorate, noungreen card, nounID, nounID card, nounidentification, nounidentity card, nounillegal, nounillegal immigrant, nounimmigration, nounnational, nounnationality, nounnon-resident, nounpatriot, nounpublic, adjectiverefugee, nounregister, verbrepatriate, verbsponsor, nounstateless, adjectivesubject, nounvassal, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY refugee campsCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The UN appealed for help with the flood of refugees crossing the border.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
someone who has been forced to leave their country, especially during a war, or for political or religious reasons: refugee camps The UN appealed for help with the flood of refugees crossing the border.· Of the 64,000 people in the Hong Kong camps, only 5,000 had so far been accepted as genuine refugees.· It is necessary to provide a proper asylum law to make sure that genuine refugees can be dealt with speedily and adequately.· What we must do is to distinguish between bogus and genuine refugees.· We must start to define where we expect genuine refugees to come from.· According to refugee experts, existing procedures failed to identify and protect genuine refugees.· It will prevent the misuse of asylum procedures while protecting the position of genuine refugees.· The couple have since been accepted as genuine refugees and granted permission to stay in Britain indefinitely.
· The United Kingdom on Dec. 31 announced that it would provide a further £1,000,000 in aid to Kurdish refugees.· After the Gulf war, thousands of Kurdish refugees fled to the mountains.
· The word is still used today, of course, to describe something desirable to which political refugees are entitled.· Her father is a political refugee.· In other words, the definition of political refugee and economic mi grant became interchangeable.· The United States granted her request to become a political refugee.· Nizan stuck to his principles, but after 1939 he became a political refugee.· The economic migrant is also the political refugee.· But a new category of political refugee was emerging in the newly independent states of the ex-colonies.
· Though intended primarily for adults, the advice held good for young refugees.· Jean Hoare virtually handed over her Bloomsbury flat to young refugees.· Many of the young refugees left their homes and families 4 years ago.· But there were exceptions. 2 of the youngest were refugees from Bosnia.· Fortunately for the young refugees, there was much to divert them from the risk they were taking.· Norbert and Alfred are representative of the thirty-six young refugees held in mental hospitals in 1945.
NOUN· He returned to the refugee camp where his family has lived since 1948.· Outside the city we passed by a refugee camp where white-faced, unsmiling boys and girls gazed at us through the railings.· Our neighborhood looked like a refugee camp, bursting its seams.· We wanted compensation for what a half-century in refugee camps has done to their lives.· Hundreds of thousands of people living in refugee camps and towns near the fighting were scattered and set adrift.· In the Gaza refugee camp of Rafah soldiers shot dead 11-year-old Mohammad Jarbou.· As a way of encouraging them to return, food aid to the refugee camps has been withheld since last summer.
· Anyone with a foreign accent, including refugee children, were labelled as potential saboteurs.· The proceeds will go towards her school for refugee children.· They believe refugee children deserve a season of peace and goodwill.· By then, the critical decision had been taken to restrict the flow of refugee children into Britain.· The responsibilities of the regional and area committees increased in line with the numbers of refugee children needing care.· Refugee children under the age of sixteen were liable to be evacuated; refugee children over sixteen risked being interned.· Youth Allyah was opposed to the very principle of fostering refugee children.· Many former refugee children report never having seen a Bloomsbury House representative.
· Famine and refugee crisis On Jan. 12 Mogadishu's water supply failed after the looting of diesel fuel from the pumping station.· Pensioners already fighting to keep their heads above water are being asked to pay extra council tax to fund the refugee crisis.
· The year also witnessed the suspension of some special programmes, most notably infant and adult education among refugee populations.· The capacity of the occupied territories to absorb part or all of the refugee population will be considered in chapter 9.
· Forget the junta's involvement in heroin production and trafficking, and the humanitarian and refugee problems resulting from its tyranny.· There were also fears of a growing refugee problem.· Solutions seem impossible-but there can be some hope if we start dealing with the refugee problem at the gates.
· Najera said Rawa's family has applied for refugee status but no decision has been made.· Ahmed Katangole was due to be deported, the Home Office had refused him refugee status.· We will provide a fair and expeditious system for examining claims for refugee status.· I was fortunate to be granted full refugee status in under a year, this entitled me to bring my family here.· Apparently white farmers are to be offered immediate refugee status, no questions asked.· Mr. Young How many of the boat people have been granted refugee status?· As numbers rise, a decreasing proportion are found to qualify for refugee status.· Shortly after my interview, Delhi announced that the Karmapa had been granted refugee status.
VERB· Of the 64,000 people in the Hong Kong camps, only 5,000 had so far been accepted as genuine refugees.· The Government has said it will accept around 4,000 refugees for six months.· The couple have since been accepted as genuine refugees and granted permission to stay in Britain indefinitely.
· Mr Smith, a Northampton headmaster, has been involved in bringing hundreds of refugees to Britain from the Yugoslav war zone.· Now the process was open to any nonprofit agency that wanted to bring refugees into the United States.· Now the headmaster who brought them here wants to return to the war zone to bring out more refugees.· Meanwhile, Oxfam has launched a double-edged appeal to bring aid to refugees in countries ripped apart by fighting.
· Many magistrates and law enforcement officials were either killed or fled as refugees.
· Many others had reason to be grateful to the Quakers for refusing to give up their mission to help refugees.· A navy warship was also on its way to the area to help evacuate refugees.· On a far more extensive scale than we have done hitherto, we must help refugees in their own and neighbouring countries.· Such publicity does not necessarily help refugees.· The borough willingly assumes its responsibilities to help and cope with refugees.· We hope to help refugees from any war, any country.· Much more could be done to help assimilate our refugees - for example, help with schooling and specialist support.
· Hundreds of thousands of people living in refugee camps and towns near the fighting were scattered and set adrift.· Do your readers know what it is like to live in a refugee camp?
· Many returning refugees have found themselves dispossessed once more, made refugees in their own land.· He returned to the refugee camp where his family has lived since 1948.· They are making their pitch on radio stations, and are videotaping interviews with returning refugees and playing them in the camps.
Refugees were streaming across the border. refugee camps