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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
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== | === Asylum Seeker === | ||
When people flee their own country and seek sanctuary in another country, they apply for asylum – the right to be recognized as a refugee and receive legal protection and material assistance. An asylum seeker must demonstrate that his or her fear of persecution in his or her home country is well-founded. | |||
or | === Internally Displaced Person === | ||
An internally displaced person, or IDP, is someone who has been forced to flee their home but never cross an international border. | |||
=== Refugee === | |||
A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee their country because of persecution, war or violence and is defined by the 1951 Refugee Convention as: “someone who is unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion.” | |||
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
Definitions[edit | edit source]
Asylum Seeker[edit | edit source]
When people flee their own country and seek sanctuary in another country, they apply for asylum – the right to be recognized as a refugee and receive legal protection and material assistance. An asylum seeker must demonstrate that his or her fear of persecution in his or her home country is well-founded.
Internally Displaced Person[edit | edit source]
An internally displaced person, or IDP, is someone who has been forced to flee their home but never cross an international border.
Refugee[edit | edit source]
A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee their country because of persecution, war or violence and is defined by the 1951 Refugee Convention as: “someone who is unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion.”
