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That was confirmed by his patron in Moscow, which supported the regime in crushing what started as a peaceful protest movement during the Arab Spring and became a vicious civil war that killed hundreds of thousands and sparked a refugee crisis.
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Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2024
Germany In Germany, one of the largest recipients of Syrian refugees in Europe, more than 72,000 Syrians have applied for asylum in 2024.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
His brutal suppression of anti-regime protests in 2011 sparked the world's largest refugee crisis.
—CBS News, 8 Dec. 2024
Syria will need huge amounts of humanitarian aid, especially if some of the millions of citizens who fled as refugees during the last decade of war begin to return to the ruins of their former homes.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
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Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2024
Germany In Germany, one of the largest recipients of Syrian refugees in Europe, more than 72,000 Syrians have applied for asylum in 2024.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
His brutal suppression of anti-regime protests in 2011 sparked the world's largest refugee crisis.
—CBS News, 8 Dec. 2024
Syria will need huge amounts of humanitarian aid, especially if some of the millions of citizens who fled as refugees during the last decade of war begin to return to the ruins of their former homes.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
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The next Asian Games - boasting more sports and athlete quotas than the Olympics - will be held less than two years before the Los Angeles Games, where cricket will end a 128-year Olympic exile.Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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The assassination angered the Roman people, and Brutus eventually went into exile.Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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Yet even within this grim paradox of fugitive turned slave catcher, the soldiers managed to leverage their newfound agency to their advantage.Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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All joking aside, Larry’s friend was correct: That man turned out to be the wanted fugitive suspected of calmly pulling out a pistol with a silencer on a Midtown Manhattan street last week and gunning down the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare in a brazen assassination that gripped the nation.John Miller, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Well, that's because the anti-vaxxer Georgescu, who says he's met aliens and denies the moon landing took place, hates NATO and the European Union in addition to his fanboying of Putin.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Emilio Mendoza Lopez, Angel Palma and Enrique Jauregui have been charged with one count of bringing in and harboring aliens, with Palma and Jauregui also facing a charge of assaulting a federal agent, the U.S. attorney’s office announced Wednesday.Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
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Covered expatriates face unique challenges, including a potential exit tax.Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D., Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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The capital of the only Grand Duchy in the world, Luxembourg City is one of the European destination with the highest rate of expatriates in Europe.Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Refugee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refugee. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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