noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ genuine
▪ would-be ( esp. BrE )
▪
the government's strategy in dealing with would-be ~s
▪ former , returning
▪ displaced , homeless (both esp. AmE )
▪
A flood of displaced ~s fled west.
▪ economic , environmental , political , war
▪
Many claimed to be environmental ~s, leaving for the sake of their health.
▪ civilian
▪ child
VERB + REFUGEE
▪ qualify as ( esp. BrE )
▪
Those who did not qualify as ~s were returned to their home countries.
▪ be considered (as)
▪
They should be considered economic ~s.
▪ accept , repatriate , resettle , take , take in
▪
The government has agreed to take only 150 ~s.
▪ expel , return
▪ take back
▪ house
▪ assist , help
REFUGEE + VERB
▪ flee sth
▪
~s fleeing political persecution
▪ be displaced
▪
~s displaced by the civil war
▪ arrive
▪ flood , flow , pour
▪
Hundreds of ~s are pouring over the border.
▪ live
▪
~s living in camps along the border
▪ return
REFUGEE + NOUN
▪ crisis , issue , problem , question , situation
▪ flows ( AmE ), movement
▪
The ~ flows alone would be a huge upheaval.
▪ resettlement
▪ programme/program
▪ status
▪
She has been refused ~ status.
▪
He does not qualify for ~ status.
▪ claim
▪ agency , group , organization , worker
▪ camp , centre/center
▪
He was born in a ~ camp.
▪ children , community , family , population
PREPOSITION
▪ among ~
▪
Unemployment among the ~s has risen sharply.
▪ ~ from
▪
~s from civil wars
PHRASES
▪ a flood of ~s , a influx of ~s
▪
a new influx of ~s from the combat zone
▪ the flow of ~s
▪ the plight of ~s
▪ the return of ~s