A few desperate refugees tonight, perhaps, but tomorrow, their numbers would swell.

"Your generous aid to desperate refugees," he said, nodding.

This made the plight of the refugees more desperate than anyone in London could imagine.

In Marseilles, as elsewhere, foreign service staff usually showed little flexibility or compassion towards the desperate refugees.

One hand rests protectively on the head of a child while the other reaches out to succor a desperate refugee.

All we really cared about was keeping the desperate refugees from sullying our shores.

Recent weeks have seen ever-more desperate refugees again fleeing in flimsy boats.

The team from Oxfam found desperate refugees cutting down trees for fuel.

The officials stood ready to send most of the desperate refugees back to China immediately.

President Clinton has achieved a great deal in recent days by rushing assistance to the desperate refugees from Kosovo, but much remains to be done.