Refugees

A refugee, generally speaking, is a displaced person who has been forced to cross national boundaries and who cannot return home safely. Such a person may be called an asylum seeker until granted refugee status by the contracting state or the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) if they formally make a claim for asylum. The lead international agency coordinating refugee protection is the United Nations Office of the UNHCR. The United Nations has a second office for refugees, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which is solely responsible for supporting the large majority of Palestinian refugees.

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MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 26 July 2024 English

Since the end of the Second World War, the US’s engagement in South Asia has undergone changes in response to evolving geopolitical dynamics in the region and the global landscape. …

controls with Tibet, leading to a decline in Tibetan refugees fleeing to Nepal in recent years. Despite disruptions US involvement in the repatriation of Rohingya refugees. Despite these areas of contention, both nations


CWS: Church World Service · 25 July 2024 English

Appropriations season is in motion and funding for the coming fiscal year – which starts October 1 – is currently being negotiated in Congress. In the House of Representatives, appropriators …


24 July 2024 English

Indeed, it is sad to expect that refugees would come from war zones in the wider Middle East and Africa, so when the UNHCR notes that 42% of the world’s new asylum seekers come from Latin America and the

dimension. I refer here to a significant rise in refugees from the region, who flee their countries because Haiti excepted. Indeed, it is sad to expect that refugees would come from war zones in the wider Middle


RSIS: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies · 23 July 2024 English

Deepfakes and the Dangers to National Security and Defence By Benjamin Ang and Muhammad Faizal SYNOPSIS AI-generated disinformation in the form of deepfakes, comprising digitally manipulated video, audio, or images, …

Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has also been the target


HPA: Water Policy Association · 22 July 2024 English

Water Peace, and the Future: An Interconnected Journey Water is the essence of life, vital for the sur- vival of humans, animals, and plants. [...] The rela- tionship between water, …

and have been shown to multiply tion points for refugees in the northern sector. even in the water used


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 20 July 2024 English

Rising inequality is directly related to vulnerability, and addressing inequality could reduce vulnerability to forced displacement.

Keywords: forced displacement, forced migration, refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons persons, stateless persons, environmental refugees, climate change-induced displacement, reverse migration 86 3 International Frameworks for Climate Refugees ............................................. keywords: “forced displacement,” “forced migration,” “refugees,” “asylum seekers,” “internally displaced persons persons,” “stateless persons,” “environmental refugees,” “climate change-induced displacement,” “reverse


World Bank Group · 18 July 2024 English

Financial sector reforms are part of the strategies that countries follow to exit from fragility, but the content and focus of these reforms and the priority they are given relative …

included the return and re-settlement of millions of refugees and internally displaced persons, while in Cambodia of an estimated 300,000-500,000 ethnic Armenian refugees from Nagorno- Karabakh; and the economic legacy Rwanda), encourage the return and re- settlement of refugees, and normalize political life. In addition, it


CWS: Church World Service · 18 July 2024 English

Refugees, asylum seekers, immigrants, and other newcomers deserve fair and just access to safe, stable, and affordable housing. But today’s housing market reveals deep-rooted inequities and a dearth of

Refugees, asylum seekers, immigrants, and other newcomers deserve fair and just access to safe, stable


Amnesty International · 18 July 2024 English

The Egyptian authorities have embarked on a new wave of arbitrary arrests of dozens of people against the backdrop of calls for anti-government protests amid rising public discontent at soaring …

of mass arrests and forced returns of Sudanese refugees EU/Egypt: €7.4 billion of EU funds to Egypt must


Amnesty International · 18 July 2024 English

Reacting to the Lithuanian parliament’s decision to withdraw from the Convention on Cluster Munitions, Dinushika Dissanayake, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director of Research in Europe, said: “The Lithuanian parliament’s decision …

illegal detention, deception and abuses against refugees and migrants EU/Lithuania: In milestone judgement


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