Refugees

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If we lived in a just world, all nations would protect their citizens' human rights. But that's not our world. Refugees are just one result of injustice. Crucially, they didn't cause their plight; rather, they are victims of profound injustice. Because their home nation cannot or will not protect even their basic human rights, they must migrate in search of protection. They are entitled to this protection, as all of us are, simply by virtue of being human. ~PATTI TAMARA LENARD

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According the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNGCR), there are some 65.6 million men, women and children displaced around the world. Of that number:

• 22.5 million are considered refugees with 50% being children.
• 40.3 million are considered Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) which are people who are displaced by internal strife and natural disasters
• 10 million people are considered Stateless Persons. These are minority groups who are displaced because of discriminatory polices
• 2.8 million are Asylum Seekers. These are people who flee their countries to seek sanctuary in other countries.

The site defines refugees as people whose lives 40.3 have been impacted by violence or when they are persecuted for their religious or political beliefs.

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Source Links:

http://www.unrefugees.org/?_ga=2.215958167.1820371584.1499442553- 340782299.1499442553