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Recent Examples of evacuee
Groups supporting Afghan evacuees criticized the Trump administration’s action.
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Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Secretary Kristi Noem has stripped protections from deportation for Afghans and Cameroonians in the U.S., calling into question the ability of some Afghan evacuees to remain in America.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
And on Wednesday, President Prabowo Subianto of Indonesia said his country was ready to offer temporary shelter to a first wave of around 1,000 medical evacuees from Gaza and children orphaned by the war there.
—Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Camp Pendleton was the first base in the United States to provide accommodations for Vietnamese evacuees during the U.S. military’s 1975 relocation effort, Operation New Arrivals.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2025
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Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Secretary Kristi Noem has stripped protections from deportation for Afghans and Cameroonians in the U.S., calling into question the ability of some Afghan evacuees to remain in America.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
And on Wednesday, President Prabowo Subianto of Indonesia said his country was ready to offer temporary shelter to a first wave of around 1,000 medical evacuees from Gaza and children orphaned by the war there.
—Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Camp Pendleton was the first base in the United States to provide accommodations for Vietnamese evacuees during the U.S. military’s 1975 relocation effort, Operation New Arrivals.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evacuee
refugee
Noun
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Earlier this month, Trump offered refugee status to 59 white South Africans who Trump claimed were being targeted for violence.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
22 May 2025
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Trump welcomes white South Africans as other refugees are halted Although apartheid rule ended long ago, the typical Black South African household has just 5% of the wealth of the typical White household, according to a 2024 study by researchers at The Africa Institute and the University of Zambia.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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“Evacuee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evacuee. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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