HR260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Economic Migrant, Secretary-General Of The United Nations, Well-Founded Relation
12 Oct 2020
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One who, owing to a fear of persecution, has abandoned her or his dwelling in favour of relocating elsewhere (either within or beyond the borders of her or his country of residence). This definition builds on those for refugees and internally displaced persons (idps) as codified in international law. At the global level, the united nations high commissioner for refugees (unhcr) reports that the total stock of forced migrants reached slightly more than 45 million in 2013. The large number of victims has led several observers to talk about a global refugee crisis. The crisis has at least two dimensions: first is the humanitarian dimension. Individuals have the fundamental human right to live free of fear of persecution, yet there are many victims who do not live free of this fear: second, forced migration produces negative consequences in the international system.
