Definition of "returnees" [returnees]

• Plural form of returnee. (noun)

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• "Since the election, Labour has gained 34,719 new members -- many of them refugees or returnees from the Liberal Democrats who, against expectations, joined with the Conservative Party to form the current government."
• "Both Bernstein and Carey noted the lack of returnees from the Bosnian war."
• "I think the total impact of returnees is going to be minimal."