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Catchword for “jet people”
Catchword: jet people
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Part of Speech: n.pl.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: Liberal asylum traditions have been jolted by the new reality of asylum seekers coming directly from far-away lands through the development and proliferation of air transportation systems. These are the “jet people’ of the 80s who have succeeded the “boat people’ of the 70s.
Article or Document Title:
“Beyond Humanitarianism: the need for political will to resolve today’s refugee problem” (URL)
Author:
Jean-Pierre Hocké
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
UNHCR
Dateline:
Oxford University
Date of Publication:
Oct. 29, 1986
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