What is a refugee?

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What is a refugee?

Answer 1

someone who flees there country in fear because of war or becase they committed a crime...ex:refugees fled from yugoslavia in the 90's because of a civil war.

Answer 2

A refugee is a 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 their nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail him/herself of the protection of that country" (according to the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees).

The concept of a refugee was expanded by the Conventions’ 1967 Protocol and by regional conventions in Africa and Latin America to include persons who had fled war or other violence in their home country. A person who is seeking to be recognized as a refugee is an asylum seeker. In the United States a recognized asylum seeker is known as an asylee.

Answer 3

a person from another country seeking asylum from military or political harm

Answer 4

Someone forced to leave their home and often their villiage, town or country behind due to wars, violence, natural causes, disasters, etc...

Answer 5

A refugee is a 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 their nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail him/herself of the protection of that country" (according to the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees).

Answer 6

Someone who leaves their country because of war, violence etc