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Common collocations with refugee in American Collocation

refugee noun countable

US /ˌrefjʊˈdʒi/

send refugees away

deport
disperse
evacuate
expel
force out
relocate
repatriate
return

It is the policy of the government to repatriate the refugees in a gradual manner.

give refugees a place to live

house
resettle
shelter

Authorities have begun resettling refugees in cities across the country.

put refugees in prison

detain

The refugees were detained at the police station because their documents were not in order.

come to a place

arrive in
enter
flood into
flow into
pour into
settle in
stream into

More than 3,000 Kosovo refugees streamed into Albania.

leave a place

depart
escape
flee

More than 100,000 refugees have fled to Thailand.