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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 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 ...
The list below includes the number of refugees per event with at least 1 million individuals included. This list does not include internally displaced persons (IDP). For events for which estimates vary, the geometric mean of the lowest and highest estimates is calculated to rank the events.
Some other countries have advocated re-thinking the definitions and protections for refugees to apply to IDPs, but so far no solid actions have come to fruition. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] Recognizing the gap, the UN Secretary-General, Boutros-Ghali appointed Francis Deng in 1992 as his representative for internally displaced persons.
Across the globe, refugees are trying to settle into new surroundings and are running into new challenges thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. But too often news coverage of refugee issues doesn ...
The following chart lists countries and dependencies along with their capital cities, in English and non-English official language(s). In bold : internationally recognized sovereign states The 193 member states of the United Nations (UN)
The diaspora has spread further, with many refugees building lives in Gulf Arab countries or the West. After fighting stopped in the 1948 war, Israel refused to allow refugees to return to their ...
Many refugees in Africa cross into neighboring countries to find haven; often, African countries are simultaneously countries of origin for refugees and countries of asylum for other refugees. The Democratic Republic of Congo , for instance, was the country of origin for 462,203 refugees at the end of 2004, but a country of asylum for 199,323 ...