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resettlement

(riːˈsɛtəlmənt)

a. the act or instance of settling or being settled in another place

b. (as modifier): resettlement procedures.

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Noun

resettlement - the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)

relocation

transfer, transferral, transportation, conveyance, transport - the act of moving something from one location to another

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resettlement

[ˈriːˈsetlmənt] N [of people] → reasentamiento m; [of land] → nueva colonización f, repoblación f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

resettlement

[riːˈsɛt^əlmənt] n [people] → relocalisation f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

resettlement

n (of refugees) → Umsiedlung f; (of land) → Neubesied(e)lung f

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resettlement

[ˌriːˈsɛtlmənt] n (see vt) → insediamento, ripopolamento

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Summary: Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Sept 2 (ANI): Odisha government on Monday announced special rehabilitation and resettlement package for affected people due to eviction drive around Jagannath Temple in Puri.

Odisha govt announces rehabilitation, resettlement package for displaced people in Puri

The Union Enterprise for Humanitarian Assistance, Resettlement and Development in Rakhine (UEHRD) has denied allegations made in a recent UN report.

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This is one of the stories of desperation we heard the first time we visited Golden Horizon, an off-site government resettlement project in Barangay Hugo Perez, Trece Martires, Cavite.

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Geneva, July 2 (BNA): More than 1.44 million refugees currently residing in over 60 refugee-hosting countries will be in need of resettlement in 2020, according to latest estimates released today at an annual resettlement forum, hosted by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

Over 1.44 million refugees will be in need of resettlement in 2020: UNHCR

GENEVA, June 28 (KUNA) -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Friday said that this month noted its 100,000th resettlement of a refugee residing in Lebanon assisted in beginning a new life in a third country since fleeing the crisis in neighboring Syria.

100,000 Refugees Resettled from Lebanon

The City Council passed on third reading two ordinances amending the pricing scheme for the Marapangi Homes resettlement and Tigatto Homes resettlement project under the urban land reform program of the local government.

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The Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) has adopted the National Resettlement Policy Framework for displaced informal settlers.

Housing developers back new gov't policy on illegal settlers

The Organization of Socialized and Economic Housing Developers of the Philippines (OSHDP) has pledged its support behind the government's efforts that call for a resettlement framework for squatter dwellers who may be displaced either by government programs, or by calamities and natural disasters in every stage from planning to implementation.

OSHDP vows support for government's new squatter resettlement policy

In the case of Merseyside, the refugees are mostly from Syria through the resettlement programme, helping ease what's widely known as the largest refugee and displacement crisis of our time.

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21 -- Minister of Industry and Commerce, Resettlement of Protracted Displaced Persons & Cooperative Development Rishad Bathiudeen resumes duties at his Ministry in Colombo 3 on 20 December.

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Securities and Exchange Commission, said monetised resettlement of shanty-town residents has been an important driver of Chinese housing demand in recent years, particularly in lower-tier cities.