refugee & Human rights

1. Independent University (IUB)
REFUGEES & HUMAN RIGHTS
Presented By- Asrafun & Atik

2.  What is Refugees?
Refugees, are those people who are
uprooted from there home country
and seeking asylum and protection
in another country.

3.  Who are they?
 A refugee is someone who has been
forced to flee his or her country because
of persecution, war, or violence. A
refugee has a well founded fear of
persecution for reasons of race, religion,
nationality, political opinion or
membership in a particular social group

4.  Human Rights?
Human rights are rights inherent to all
human beings, regardless of race, sex,
nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or
any other status.

5. Types of refugees
Political refugees
War refugees
Ethnic refugees
Environmental refugees

6. “Persons of concern” - UNHCR
Refugees
Internally displaced
persons (IDPs)
Asylum seekers
Returned refugees
Stateless persons

7. Human Rights/Legal and Policy
Framework
1951 Refugee Convention defined a refugee as a
person who:
“owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted
for reasons of race, religion, nationality,
membership in a particular social group, or political
opinion, is outside the country of his nationality,
and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling
to avail himself of the protection of that country.”

8.  What are the problems and difficulties
refugees face?
Finding new homes, escaping their old life, to find
safety and shelter and
Food to eat and water to drink so they don't starve.
Finding a job
Some locals have a bad attitude towards them.

11. Refugee, IDPs, Asylum Seekers
UNHCR Demographics
Asia 6.2 million
Africa 4.3 million
Europe 4.2 million
Latin America 1.3 million
North America 1.0 million

12. Adverse Health Effects of Refugee/IDP status
Infectious disease
Reproductive Health
Mental illness
Non-infectious disease
Violence

14. Health Intervention Areas in Complex
Humanitarian Emergencies
Research
Response
Training
Support
 Epidemiology/Surveillance
 Mental Health
 Injuries
 Nutrition
 Reproductive Health
 Immunizations
 Water and Sanitation
 Health Information and GIS
Information

15.  Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh:
Five Challenges for the Future
Food Security
Law and Order
Women and Child trafficking
Environmental degradation
Local Population

16. CONCLUSION FOR
BETTER HUMAN
RIGHTS FOR REFUGEES

17. Human Rights for refugees problem

18. Thank You
Any Question???