Country for example returning first of refugees -- then a great number (7)
I believe the answer is:
germany
'country' is the definition.
(Germany is an example)
'example returning first of refugees then a great number' is the wordplay.
'example' becomes 'eg' (short for 'exempli gratia', 'for example' in Latin).
'returning' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'first of refugees' becomes 'r' (mst letter of 'refugees').
'then' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a great number' becomes 'many' (I've seen this in another clue).
'eg' reversed gives 'ge'.
'ge'+'r'+'many'='GERMANY'
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for germany that I've seen before include "European nation" , "European federal republic" , "nation of Europe" , "Mid-European country" , "Central European country" .)