A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
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There are no restrictions on whom a refugee may marry. A refugee
can definitely marry a US citizen, and they would also be able to
attain permanent US residency through the marriage.
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Refugee status is granted according to the Geneva convention of
1951 only to people prosecuted or victimized on political,
religious or racist grounds.
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Quote 1: "On my heart-strings freedom sings"
Quote 2: "If you had known what I knew"
From "Refugee in America" by Langston Hughes
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A female refugee is a refugee. A male refugee is a refugee.
The noun 'refugee' is a common gender noun, a word for a male or a female.
