refugee

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ genuine

▪ would-be (esp. BrE)

▪

the government's strategy in dealing with would-be refugees

▪ former, returning

▪ displaced, homeless (both esp. AmE)

▪

A flood of displaced refugees fled west.

▪ economic, environmental, political, war

▪

Many claimed to be environmental refugees, leaving for the sake of their health.

▪ civilian

▪ child

VERB + REFUGEE

▪ qualify as (esp. BrE)

▪

Those who did not qualify as refugees were returned to their home countries.

▪ be considered (as)

▪

They should be considered economic refugees.

▪ accept, repatriate, resettle, take, take in

▪

The government has agreed to take only 150 refugees.

▪ expel, return

▪ take back

▪ house

▪ assist, help

REFUGEE + VERB

▪ flee sth

▪

refugees fleeing political persecution

▪ be displaced

▪

refugees displaced by the civil war

▪ arrive

▪ flood, flow, pour

▪

Hundreds of refugees are pouring over the border.

▪ live

▪

refugees living in camps along the border

▪ return

REFUGEE + NOUN

▪ crisis, issue, problem, question, situation

▪ flows (AmE), movement

▪

The refugee flows alone would be a huge upheaval.

▪ resettlement

▪ programme/program

▪ status

▪

She has been refused refugee status.

▪

He does not qualify for refugee status.

▪ claim

▪ agency, group, organization, worker

▪ camp, centre/center

▪

He was born in a refugee camp.

▪ children, community, family, population

PREPOSITION

▪ among refugee

▪

Unemployment among the refugees has risen sharply.

▪ refugee from

▪

refugees from civil wars

PHRASES

▪ a flood of refugees, a influx of refugees

▪

a new influx of refugees from the combat zone

▪ the flow of refugees

▪ the plight of refugees

▪ the return of refugees