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ref·u·gee
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political asylum
asylum provided by one nation to refugees, especially political refugees, from another nation. -
boat people
Boat people are people who escape from their country in small boats to travel to another country in the hope that they will be able to live there. -
bolt-hole
If you say that someone has a bolt-hole to go to, you mean that there is somewhere that they can go when they want to get away from people that they know. -
nansen passport
a passport issued after World War I by the League of Nations to refugees unable to establish citizenship. -
palestine liberation organization
an umbrella organization for several Arab groups dedicated to the recovery of Palestine from the state of Israel and the return of refugees from the area to their homeland through diplomatic, military, and terrorist means. Abbreviation: PLO. -
poverty-stricken
suffering from poverty; extremely poor: poverty-stricken refugees.