POLS 2401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Nordic Countries, Family Reunification, Internally Displaced Person
6 Dec 2016
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Developed in 1950 to help refugees after wwii. 1951 un convention relating to the status of refugees. 1967 protocol removed the geographical and time limitations to apply for refugee status. Mandate: to protect refugees, only lasted for 3 years, permanent mandate in 2003. Refugees someone fleeing from their country due to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a social group or political opinion, etc. Asylum seekers refugee who seeks permanent resident in the country they are fleeing to. Internally displaced people (idps) someone who has left their home but still remains in the same country (syria has the highest number of idps) Stateless person no way to prove original citizenship and is not recognized by any state. Returnees refugees who return to their country of origin (extremely difficult to do so) Migrants someone who moves from one place to another.
