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refugees

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Persons who, because of real or imagined danger, move of their own volition, spontaneously or in violation of stay-put policy, irrespective of whether they move within their own country (national refugees) or across international boundaries (international refugees).
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The mountains and waste regions were filled with outlaws and refugees who were being hunted down mercilessly.
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Such refugees stole women from the mainland, and increased and multiplied.
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Some of the refugees were exchanging news with the people on the omnibuses.
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