What does it mean been a refugee?

What does it mean been a refugee?

1. Around the world, approximately 60 million people have been forced to leave their home to escape war, violence and persecution.

   • Most of them have become internally displaced persons
     • Others have crossed a border and seek refuge outside their own country
   • The most basic commitment with the refugee is the principle of non-refoulement, a principle that prevents a nation from sending back an individual to a country where your life and freedom are under threat.

2. In 1951, the meaning given is someone outside the country of which he is a citizen, who can not return to his country of origin due to a fear founded to be persecuted.

   • That persecution may be for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, and is often related to war and violence
   • Approximately half of the refugees from all over the world are children,usually without any company, that makes them especially vulnerable to child labor or sexual exploitation

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