Refugees

Refugee: Definition

·         Refugees re people who have left their homeland because they fear that they will lose their lives or 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 of origin;

·         The reason for their flight has 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 ground listed in the definition

·         They have to be unwilling or unable to seek protection of their country

Who protects the refugees?

·         UNHYCR

·         Protecting the refugees is the core mandate of UNHHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)

·         They help refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced people, returnees, stateless people and pay particular attention to the needs of children and seek to promote the equal rights of women and girls.

·         They are involved in Asia and the Pacific, Americas, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa

Questions

·         Top 10 countries/continents of concern, record their population

·         Use a amp from Google and mark countries

India

France

Asia

Africa

Pakistan

Thailand

Dem Republic Congo

Iraq

Somalia

Sudan

Syrian Arab Republic

Iran