Refugees
In 1863, the artist George Caleb Bingham captured the upheaval, uncertainty, and injustice that refugees faced during the Civil War in his painting General Order 11. This painting depicts civ...
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Environmental Refugees
The term environmental refugee was coined in the late 1980s by the United Nations Environment Programme and refers to people who are forced to leave their community of origin ...
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Refugees
According to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a "refugee" is an individual who
owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religi...
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A refugee is defined as a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, in time of war, persecution or disaster. The important part in defining a refugee is:
- The person ...
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Refugees are often confused with immigrants and asylum seekers, where in fact there are many differences between them. The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and it's 1967 Protocol, t...
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