GEOG 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: European Asylum Support Office, Uptodate, Internally Displaced Person
Document Summary
Migration (part 2): refugees, idps, and asylum speakers. 22 million refugees - many want to go home. 1. 8 million asylum seekers - don"t want to go back/can"t go back. 10 million stateless people - kurds, palestinians. Un: a person who has fled persecution, thereby crossing an international boundary - and therefore has legal protection according to international law (1951) Persons who are outside their country because of a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership to a particular social group or political opinion. Most refugees located in sub-s and n. africa and central asia. 50% of all refugees originate from only 3 countries: Vs us definition (1950-1989): those fleeing a communist dominated state. Set in unequitable reactions to people fleeing other circumstances. Refugees who go to any country which is a signatory to the 1951 convention, and from there (haitians in the 80s- we made them go back) apply for protection, they become an asylum seeker.
