refugee crisis

collocation in English

meaningsofrefugeeandcrisis

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refugee
noun[C]
uk
/ˌref.juˈdʒiː/us
/ˌref.jəˈdʒiː/
a person who has escaped from their own country for political, religious, or economic reasons or because of ...
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crisis
noun
uk
/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/us
/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/
a time of great disagreement, confusion, ...
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(Definition ofrefugeeandcrisisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In this way therefugeecrisisbecame a political instrument for staging ethnic conflict.
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Overall, therefugeecrisisweakened the state politically and economically.
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This assertion holds even if there were enough resources to help alleviate the humanitarian dimension of therefugeecrisis.
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In terms of therefugeecrisis, this meant distinguishing between potentially loyal citizens of the nation-state on the one hand and those who could not be integrated on the other.
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Various other official measures, such as the creation of camps, forced labour schemes, deportations and repatriations, show how the government manipulated therefugeecrisisfor its own political purposes.
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We are currently facing arefugeecrisisin the area and many regimes are turning on their own people.
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The report's second observation is that therefugeecrisisis far from over.
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It underestimated the scale of therefugeecrisisand initially it deployed inadequate resources.
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We face the most miserablerefugeecrisisin history.
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Therefugeecrisishas been a sad feature of the late 20th century.
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I agree with him; it is an unprecedentedrefugeecrisis.
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Massive financial problems face the international community in dealing with therefugeecrisis.
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There is an increasingrefugeecrisiswith severe humanitarian effects on the people of the region.
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I say that only to illustrate that therefugeecrisishas been long brewing.
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We must also do more to avert the mountingrefugeecrisis.
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With the appallingrefugeecrisis, this is a human tragedy in every respect.
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In fairness, therefugeecrisiscould not have been properly estimated.
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I hope that, in the next few days, some of them will be engaged in helping with therefugeecrisis.
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Therefugeecrisisand the human suffering will be worse.
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With the recent apparent easing of therefugeecrisis, would it be sensible to send troops in?
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