Immigration and refugee law
Refugees
1) Introduction
Today we are going to talk about refugees, refugee law and all the issues related to refugees. A refugee is a person who is outside his or her country of origin or habitual residence because they have suffered persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, because of being a member of a persecuted 'social group' or because they are fleeing a war. Such a person may be called an 'asylum seeker' until recognized by the state where they make a claim.
Although similar and frequently confused with refugees, Internally displaced persons have a different legal definition and are essentially refugees who have not crossed any international border. At the end of 2012 the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported that there were 15.4 million refugees worldwide. By contrast there were 28.8 million (about twice as many) IDPs at the end of 2012.
To start, we are going to give you a little inside on the history of the refugee issue, followed by information about refugee offices and organisations. The different reasons for refugee crisis are going to be another point discussed. We are then going to give you a few current examples of refugee migrations. Last but not least, we are going to give you information on the refugee absorption solutions.
2) Definition
The 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees has adopted the following definition of a refugee:
"Any person who: owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country".
The concept of a refugee was expanded by the Convention's 1967 Protocol and by regional conventions in Africa and Latin America to include people who had fled war or other violence in their home country. European
1) Introduction
Today we are going to talk about refugees, refugee law and all the issues related to refugees. A refugee is a person who is outside his or her country of origin or habitual residence because they have suffered persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, because of being a member of a persecuted 'social group' or because they are fleeing a war. Such a person may be called an 'asylum seeker' until recognized by the state where they make a claim.
Although similar and frequently confused with refugees, Internally displaced persons have a different legal definition and are essentially refugees who have not crossed any international border. At the end of 2012 the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported that there were 15.4 million refugees worldwide. By contrast there were 28.8 million (about twice as many) IDPs at the end of 2012.
To start, we are going to give you a little inside on the history of the refugee issue, followed by information about refugee offices and organisations. The different reasons for refugee crisis are going to be another point discussed. We are then going to give you a few current examples of refugee migrations. Last but not least, we are going to give you information on the refugee absorption solutions.
2) Definition
The 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees has adopted the following definition of a refugee:
"Any person who: owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country".
The concept of a refugee was expanded by the Convention's 1967 Protocol and by regional conventions in Africa and Latin America to include people who had fled war or other violence in their home country. European