Refugee Definition:
· Refugees are people who have left their homeland because they fear that they will lose their lives on their freedom if they stay. People become refugees because one or more of their basic human rights has been violated or threatened.
· International law defines a “refugee” as a person who has fled from and/or cannot return to his/her country due to a well-founded fear of persecution, including war or civil conflict.
A Person is a refugee if...
· Refugees have to be outside their country or origin
· The reason for their flight to be a fear of persecution;
· The fear of persecution has to be well-founded , i.e. they have to have experienced persecution or be likely to experience if they return;
· The persecution has to result from one or more of the five grounds listed in the definition;
· They have to be unwilling or unable to seek the protection of their country.
Who protects refugees?
· UNHCR
· Protecting refugees is the core mandate of UNHCR (United Nations Commissioner for Refugees)
· Lets visit their website to see what they do;
· Who do they help? Where are they involved?
They help Asylum seekers, refugees, returnees, children, men, women, internationally displaced people, older people, people with disabilities and stateless people. They are involved in Asia and the Pacific’s, Americas, Europe, Africa and the Middle East and North Africa.
Top ten countries and continents
1. Asia – 18 567 061
2. Africa – 10 475 567
3. Pakistan – 4 744 098
4. Thailand – 3 615 552
5. Dem Republic Congo – 2 362 295
6. Iraq – 2 026 798
7. Somalia – 1 576 544
8. Sudan – 1 426 412
9. Syrian Arab Republic – 1 357 546
10. Iran – 1 072 346
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