The Syrian refugee situation, has become one of the biggest humanitarian crisis’ in the last decade. An estimated 9 million Syrians have fled their homes since the outbreak of civil war in March 2011. We see it on tv. We read about it in the news…but do we understand who and what a refugee is?
11. A person who 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 his nationality and is
unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the
protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being
outside the country of his former habitual residence as a result of such
events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it…
A refugee is:
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-1951 United Nations Refugee Convention
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12. war criminals.
guilty of committing serious
non-political crimes.
guilty of acts contrary to
the purpose and principles
of the united nations.
refugees cannot be:
13. 1951 united nations refugee convention
(aka the “geneva convention”).
This is the definition agreed upon at the
14. This decree was enacted
when hundreds of thousands
of war refugees were displaced
from all across Europe.
World War II,after
15. In 1967, the treaty was amended to
include refugees from around the world.
16. Over the past several decades,
142 states
have signed on to both the
1951 Refugee Convention
and the 1967 protocol.
18. An internally
displaced person
An IDP is a person who has been
forced to flee his or her home for the
same reason as a refugee, but remains
in his or her own country and has not
crossed an international border.”
- UNHCR
A refugee is not:
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19. Refugees are protected
by international law and
eligible to receive aid.
An internationally
displaced person is not.
20. An asylum seeker
A stateless person is someone
who is not a citizen of any country.
A refugee is not: