human rights violations and violence. Walking away from danger with one ’s valuables makes a refugee vulnerable to robbery from armed robbers. Young boys are always susceptible to being kidnapped and forced to fight for a military group. Women of all ages are potential rape victims. Children are no longer assured of receiving an adequate education. NGOs have trouble ensuring the safety of those who live in refugee camps (Madu‚ 2005). Refugees also occasionally have problems receiving food and water because
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es get treated and what forms of psychosocial support there is for them. 2. Facts about Displaced People According to UN DESA there are 214 mio. migrants in the world. ( UN DESA‚ 2010). Furthermore there are 27‚5 mio. IDP1 in 2010 ( Norwegian Refugee Council‚ 2010) and 15‚4 mio. refugees worldwide ( UNHCR‚ 2010). Europe is hosting 72‚1 mio. immigrants ( UN DESA‚ 2008) and 1‚6 mio refugees ( UNHCR 2010). 594 000 refugees are said to stay in Germany and 10‚ 8 mio immigrants are living here
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Under the 1951 Refugee Convention a refugee is defined as a person who has a well founded fear of being persecuted‚ whether because of their race‚ religion‚ nationality‚ membership of a particular social group or political opinion‚ and if they are outside the country of their nationality and if they are unable‚ or owing to such fear‚ unwilling to avail himself/herself of the protection of that country‚ they are deemed a refugee. * Asylum seekers are people who are seeking refugee status and safety
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TO THE AFGHAN REFUGEES IN PAKISTAN Contents WHAT IS A REFUGEE? 2 THE AFGHAN REFUGEES IN PAKISTAN. 2 IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY. 3 SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS 4 POLITICAL IMPLICATION 4 ENVIORMENTAL IMPLICATIONS 5 SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES 5 CONFLICT PERSPECTIVE 5 FUNCTIONALIST PERPECTIVE 6 CONCLUSION 6 BIBILOGRAPHY 7 WHAT IS A REFUGEE? According to the 1951 Refugee Convention the United Nations defines a refugee as “someone who has fled his country of origin due to well founded
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UNIVERSITY INFORMATION SHARING AND HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS BY September 27‚ 2012 Introduction In today’s information sharing data has been a critical piece of the puzzle for the success of businesses‚ governments and non-government organizations. The purpose behind information sharing is to provide information to others‚ proactively or upon request which can aid in effective decision making. The article chosen discusses information sharing problems within Humanitarian organizations.
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help thousands of emigrant people. There is actually a difference between an asylum seeker and a refugee. An asylum seeker is someone who is looking for international protection‚ but their claim to be labelled as a refugee has not yet been determined. While a refugee is a person who has been recognized under the 1951 Convention relating to the status of a refugee. The Convention states that a “refugee” is any person who: owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race‚ religion
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If the refugees are not on welfare‚ their inability to speak English and smoothly integrate into society could not only prevent them from getting jobs‚ but also land them on the streets. Consequently‚ taking refugees from one bad situation and placing them in another would be like making these people choose between the lesser of two evils. Yes‚ most of the refugees will be on welfare‚ and yes‚ the number of homeless refugees will not be many‚ but the ones that do end up adding to the homeless population
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some even lose loved ones. Attempting to flee their country and find a new home as a refugee is what makes them feel inside out.
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and anti-government Islamic rebels called mujahedeen. Millions of refugees were pouring over the borders into Pakistan to escape the fighting. National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry was in the region for a story on the refugee crisis. While touring a refugee camp on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border‚ he entered a large tent that served as a girls’ school. The first child he saw was a shy girl with fiery eyes‚ about 12 years old. McCurry approached the girl‚ and she agreed to let him take
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Introduction: The terms refugee and asylum seeker are different; according to the UNHCR “ an asylum-seeker is someone who says he or she is a refugee‚ but whose claim has not yet been definitively evaluated.”1 The definition of a Refugee is different it reads: “Someone who is unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted due to race‚ religion‚ nationality‚ membership of a social group or political opinion.” 1 This report gives
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