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A refugee, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), is a person "forced to flee their own country and seek safety in another country. They are unable to return to their own country because of feared persecution as a result of who they are, what they believe in or say, or because of armed conflict, violence or ...
In June 2015 the UN refugee agency reported that wars and persecutions are the main reasons behind the refugee crises all over the world. A decade earlier, six people were forced to leave their homes every 60 seconds, but in 2015 wars drove 24 people on average away from their homes each minute. [6]
A migrant who fled their home because of economic hardship is an economic migrant, and strictly speaking, not a displaced person.; If the displaced person was forced out of their home because of economically driven projects, such as the Three Gorges Dam in China, the situation is referred to as development-induced displacement.
Refugee fatigue and anti-immigrant sentiments sweep across the Global North. At the time of greatest need, the world’s wealthiest societies are turning their back on refugees. They are ...
An internally displaced person (IDP) is someone who is forced to leave their home but who remains within their country's borders. [1] They are often referred to as refugees, although they do not fall within the legal definitions of a refugee.
It is an option to get asylum for those who do not have a well-founded fear of persecution (which is required for refugee status according to the 1951 Convention), but do indeed have a substantial risk to be subjected to torture or to a serious harm if they are returned to their country of origin, for reasons that include war, violence ...
On June 20, World Refugee Day, we focus our attention on the growing number of people who have been forcibly displaced from their homes. That alarming number is more than 108 million people ...
By 1 April 2023, altogether 504,107 Ukrainian individuals had been granted temporary protection in the country, of whom 325,742 had applied for extension of their refugee status beyond March 2023. 68% of the refugees were of working age, of whom 65% were female and 35% male, 28% were children and 4% elderly. [137]