resettlement

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ settlement.

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Noun

resettlement (countable and uncountable, plural resettlements)

  1. The transportation of a group of people to a new settlement.
    • 2021 September 13, Priscilla Alvarez and Oren Liebermann, “Inside the effort to resettle thousands of Afghans in the United States”, in CNN‎[1]:
      The domestic resettlement infrastructure is also under strain after years of low admissions under the Trump administration that resulted in agencies shuttering offices and losing staff.

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