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Def: a person who flees to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion
Example: Refugees flee because of the threat of persecution and cannot return safely to their homes in the prevailing circumstances.
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Media stories often confuse 'refugees' with people migrating for economic reasons ('economic migrants') and persecuted groups who remain within their own country and don’t cross an international border ('internally displaced persons').
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refugee camp
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refugee status
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Refugees Act
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| dic_connotations |
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