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An Armenian refugee woman with her son. (Armenian Genocide)
Darfur refugee camp in Chad
A refugee camp in Chad, linked to the Darfur conflict

In 1951, the United Nations (UN) law called Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, said a refugee was a person who is forced to leave their country due to natural disasters or war and conflict

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.

In 1967 the Conventions’ 1967 protocol and by regional conventions in Africa and Latin America to include persons who had fled war and violence in their 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.

A refugee is a person who has to leave his or her country. This can be because of different reasons:

  • It is no longer safe to stay, there might be a natural disaster such as flood or famine, war, or civil unrest
  • There might be persecutions going on.
  • The person is unable to sustain himself or herself economically.
  • The person might have been expelled
  • The person might have to leave for religious reasons

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  • East German Guard - Flickr - The Central Intelligence Agency (cropped)

    Konrad Schumann, an East German border guard, fleeing East Germany towards West Germany in 1962

  • Hercegovački begunci, Uroš Predić

    Refugees from Herzegovina, painting by Uroš Predić in 1889 made in the aftermath of the Herzegovina Uprising (1875–77)

  • Turkish refugees from Edirne

    Turkish refugees from Edirne, 1913

  • Armenian woman and her children from Geghi, 1899

    One million Armenians were forced to leave their homes in Anatolia in 1915, and many either died or were murdered on their way to Syria.

  • Spanish War Children001

    Children preparing for evacuation from Spanish during the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939.

  • Czech refugees from the Sudetenland 1

    Czech refugees from the Sudetenland, October 1938

  • Polish child refugees and war orphans in India 1941

    Polish child refugees and war orphans in Balachadi, British India, 1941

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 183-J19568, Bei Stalingrad, russische Flüchtlinge

    Russian refugees near Stalingrad, 1942

  • Teheran, Iran. Polish woman and her grandchildren shown in an American Red Cross evacuation camp as they await evacuation to new homes

    Polish refugees in Tehran, Iran, at an American Red Cross evacuation camp, 1943

  • A Dutch school teacher leads a group of refugee children just disembarked from a ship at Tilbury Docks in Essex during 1945. D24064

    A Dutch school teacher leads a group of refugee children just disembarked from a ship at Port of Tilbury in Essex, England, United Kingdom during 1945.

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 175-S00-00326, Flüchtlinge aus Ostpreußen auf Pferdewagen

    German refugees from East Prussia, 1945

  • PikiWiki Israel 7794 Cyprus deportation camps

    Jewish refugees from Europe protest at a refugee camp in Cyprus, 1947

  • South Africa-Xenophobia-001

    UNHCR tents at a refugee camp following episodes of xenophobic violence and rioting in South Africa, 2008

  • Refugee camp in Guinea

    A camp in Guinea for refugees from Sierra Leone

  • Refugee camp

    Refugee camp in the Congo

  • Erstaufnahmelager Jenfelder Moorpark 4

    Erstaufnahmelager Jenfelder Moorpark

  • Refugees from Vietnam landing in Hamburg, Germany 1986

    Refugees from Vietnam land at Hamburg on the Cap Anamur II in 1986

  • The Sahrawi refugees – a forgotten crisis in the Algerian desert (7)

    For over 30 years, several tens of thousands of Sahrawi refugees have been living in the region of Tindouf, Algeria, in the heart of the desert.

  • Schnorr von Carolsfeld Bibel in Bildern 1860 117

    After challenging Queen Jezebel, Elijah takes refuge in a cave until the voice of God calls him in this 1860 woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld.

  • No one is Illegal - Refugee Action protest 27 July 2013 Melbourne (9374734197)

    Pro-refugee protest in Melbourne, Australia, with a banner reading "No one is illegal" with a Circle A

  • Hopeful

    A Syrian refugee girl in Istanbul, Turkey

  • Refugee children from Syria at a clinic in Ramtha, northern Jordan (9613477263)

    Refugee children from Syria at a clinic in Ramtha, Jordan, August 2013

  • South sudan refugees in wau - e - 2016 12

    Refugee camp in South Sudan, 2016

See also

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