Refugee Vocabulary Week One and Week Two

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asylum

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a place of safety where care is given

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throng

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a large number of densely packed people gathered together

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condemned

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officially and strongly disapproved

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squalid

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extremely dirty and unpleasant

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faught

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filled with stress and anxiety or likely an undesirable result.

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refugee

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a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.

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persecution

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hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs.

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displacement

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the process of being forced to leave one's home or country.

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humanitarian

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concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare.

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immigrant

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a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.