fact sheet
By admin • Apr 19th, 2008 • Category: resourcesRefugees/ Asylum Seekers/ Migrants
Who is a refugee?
According to the United Nations Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (also called the Refugees Convention), a refugee is someone who is outside their own country and cannot return due to a well-founded fear of persecution because of their:
race
religion
nationality
membership of a particular social group or
political opinion
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