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Under international law, a refugee is a person who has fled their own country of nationality or habitual residence, and cannot return due to fear of persecution on account of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.
Refugee camps in Asia (18 C, 6 P) Refugees in China (1 C, 2 P) I. ... Day to Mark the Departure and Expulsion of Jews from the Arab Countries and Iran; F.
Pages in category "Refugee camps in Asia" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G. Galang Refugee Camp; H.
In 2015, the number of Refugees from Myanmar jumped from 650 to 2,573. Another 2,173 Rohingya refugees arrived in 2016. President Obama removed the sanctions originally imposed on Myanmar which enabled the U.S. to help more refugees. Migration to the United States from Asia rose after passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act passed in 1965.
More than half of the estimated 5,000 refugees who had fled the heavy fighting in Myanmar’s western Chin state and had entered northeastern India have begun returning home, Indian officials said ...
Recognized refugees were to receive resettlement opportunities. Rejected asylum seekers were to return to their home countries, whose governments agreed to refrain from any discrimination, harassment, persecution or unfair treatment. Under the Plan, the UNHCR provided humanitarian assistance to the asylum seekers and countries of first asylum.
The situation of human rights in East Asia varies between the region's countries, which differ in history and political orientation, as well as between contexts within each country. Issues such as refugees fleeing East Timor , the Cambodian killing fields and freedom of speech in Singapore are just a few of the well-known human rights conflicts ...
They fled to nearby countries to seek temporary asylum and most requested permanent resettlement in third countries. The refugee outflow and humanitarian crisis was especially acute in 1979 and 1980. Reverberations of the Indochina refugee crisis continued into the 21st century. The last of the boat people were repatriated from Malaysia in 2005.