English-Swedish translations for refugee

• flykting en
  En av åtta irakier är flykting.One in eight Iraqis is a refugee.
  Min mor var en flykting från Hebron.My mother was a refugee from Hebron.
  Cesare Battisti är inte en politisk flykting.Cesare Battisti is not a political refugee.

Definition of refugee

• A person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in their home country, i.e., a person seeking political asylum
• A person formally granted political or economic asylum by a country other than their home country
• To convey away from the advance of the federal forces

Related words

• refugee government
• refugee camp
• refugee quota
• refugee family
• refugee contingent
• refugee organisation
• refugee organization
• refugee policy
• refugee ship