Refugee

Definitions

1. A person seeking refuge (as for shelter or protection), especially in a foreign country, out of fear or prospect of political, religious persecution, war, natural disaster, etc.
   also, attributive, figuratively
2. A person who is fleeing from justice, punishment deemed righteous, etc.; a runaway, a fugitive.
   broadly, derogatory

Equivalents

55 more languages

العربيةاللاجىءجارلاجئلَاجِئَة+ 1 more

Azərbaycan diliqaçqın

Беларускаябе́жанецуцякач

Българскибежанецбежанка

বাংলাশরণার্থী

བོད་སྐད།བཙན་བྱོལ་བ

Bosanskiizbeglicaizbjeglicaизбеглицаизбјеглица+ 1 more

Catalàrefugiadarefugiat

Češtinaběženecuprchliceuprchlíkutečenec+ 1 more

Cymraegffoadur

Danskflygtning

Ελληνικάπρόσφυγαςπροσφυγικός

Esperantorifuĝinto

Eestipõgenik

فارسیپناهندهفراری

Suomipakolainen

Gaeilgedídeanaí

Gàidhligfògarrach

עבריתפליט

हिन्दीनिराश्रितशरणार्थी

Hrvatskiizbeglicaizbjeglicaизбеглицаизбјеглица+ 1 more

Magyarmenekült

Հայերենփախստական

Bahasa Indonesiadisplaced personspelarianpengungsi

Íslenskaflóttamaður

Italianoprofugorifugiatarifugiato

日本語難民

ქართულილტოლვილი

Қазақ тілібосқынқашқын

ភាសាខ្មែរជនភៀសខ្លួន

한국어난민

Latinaprofugusrefugus

ລາວຜູ້ລີ້ໄພ

Te Reo Māorihunga whakarurukonene

Македонскибегалецбегалка

മലയാളംഅഭയാർത്ഥി

Bahasa Melayupelaripelarianpengungsi

မြန်မာဒုက္ခသည်

Nederlandsvluchteling

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਸ਼ਰਨਾਰਥੀ

Polskiuchodźcauchodźczyuchodźczyni

Portuguêsdesabrigadoexpatriadorefugiadarefugiado+ 1 more

Românărefugiatrefugiată

Русскийбеженецбеженка

Slovenčinautečenecutečenka

Slovenščinabegunec

Српскиizbeglicaizbjeglicaизбеглицаизбјеглица+ 1 more

Svenskaflykting

Kiswahilimkimbizi

தமிழ்அகதி

తెలుగుకాందిశీకుడుశరణాగతుడుశరణార్థి

ไทยผู้ลี้ภัยเรฟูจี

Türkçegöçmenmültecisığınmacı

Українськабіженецьбіженкабіженський

Tiếng Việttị nạntỵ nạn

Examples

“In 1962 a special law had to be passed to permit⟳ the immigration of several thousand Chinese refugees who had escaped from Communist China to Hong Kong.”

“The eight military bases being used to house Afghan refugees have⟳ a total capacity of 50,000 to house evacuees. […] The nine refugee resettlement agencies who work⟳ in coordination with the federal government will ultimately determine⟳ where Afghans are relocated, based on whether they have⟳ US ties or where their local affiliates have⟳ capacity to take⟳ them in.”

“While thousands of refugees were evacuated from the New Orleans convention center, chaos continued at the airport, thousands were still trapped in homes and hotels, fires raged virtually unchecked in parts of the city, the power was out, and vast sections were still under water.”

“Why did the SDP dream⟳ eventually fade⟳? Partly because it succeeded far better inside parliament than out. It might attract⟳ some inner-city Catholic traditionalist Labour refugees from Labour's left, but many of those were already gentrifying.”

“Alluding to the regional consequences of a war in the Taiwan Strait, Zelensky pointed out that there could be millions of refugees, similar to the result⟳ of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.”

“My son, a Canada-based IT professional who often travels to Ukraine, told me about the exhilarating atmosphere on those Ukraine-bound trains, bringing home hundreds of the unwilling refugees, mostly women and children (including the babies, born in exile on the way to meet⟳ their Ukrainian fighter fathers for the first time). The difference between Ukrainian refugees and other reluctant exiles is that Ukrainians are desperate to return⟳.”

CEFR level