nonrefugee

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ refugee.

Noun

nonrefugee (plural nonrefugees)

1. A person who is not a refugee.
   • 2007 January 4, Jeffrey Gettleman, “Kenya Closes Border but Denies Turning Back Refugees”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     But Mr. Mutua denied news reports and accusations from United Nations officials that Kenyan border guards had deported 600 Somalis seeking asylum, saying that the closing applied only to cross-border trade and nonrefugee traffic, to prevent the Islamists from slipping into the country.