PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Main Idea
The population of refugees has risen over the past decade.
IMPORTANT DETAILS
- The refugee population has tripled since 1980
- A 2007 report counted at least 11.4 million refugees.
- Most refugees reside in LDCs.
- Refugees migratey to equally poor countries.
Refugee: A person who has fled their country due to political persecution to seek asylum in another country.
Internally Displaced Person (IDP): Someone who has been displaced within their own country. Usually undercounted for the country's census.
Asylum: The right to protection in the first country the refugee arrives in.
Repatriation: Process of governmental or non-governmental helping to return refugees to their homeland after the violence subsides.
Modern News:
European governments are aiming to deny refugees of asylum by funding and building camps in Africa and outside of the European Union.
