exile community
Refugees living together
An exile community is a group of people who have fled or been expelled from their homeland and settled together elsewhere, maintaining shared identity and often political aspirations to return.
Cuban exiles in Miami and Tibetan refugees in Dharamsala form distinct exile communities.
Such groups often preserve language, customs, and grievances across generations: The exile community lobbied for sanctions against the regime.
- refugee statusLegal protection for displaced persons
- DharamsalaIndian hill station, Buddhist center
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- forced migrationInvoluntary mass relocation
- refugee campShelter site for displaced foreigners
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