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REFUGEES
Who is a refugee?
U.N. definition (1951 Convention):
A refugee is a person who “owing to a well–founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country”
POLITICAL REFUGEE
Other definitions:
Economic refugee…
Someone who is seeking a higher material standard of living
Environmental refugee…
Someone fleeing the destruction of a natural disaster
INCREASING NUMBERS
• Wars• Creation of
new countries• Changes in
governments
Characteristics of a refugee
• Takes only what they can carry
• Initial journey is on foot or by other primitive form of transportation
• Lacks documentation• Has no clear
destination• Hopes to return
home someday• Is a part of an
unstratified group
Why be a refugee?
Political:
-Fear for life, persecution, forced/evicted
Social:
-Religious persecution, ethnic/racial persecution, rights denied due to gender or sexuality
Environmental:
-Natural disaster, pollution, epidemic/disease, famine
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Syrians Migration
• Due to Civil War going on in Syria
• Neighboring countries like Jordan, Turkey, and Lebanon have taken on refugees
• Syrian refugees are now migrating to Europe
• Next couple slides will show the largest Syrian refugee camp in Jordan, it is now Jordan’s 5th largest city.
• Click on the following link and see the article on what the United States plans to do with Syrian refugees:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/09/10/obama-wants-10000-syrian-refugees-next-year-refugee-ceiling/72011308/
IMPACTS OF REFUGEES
• Deforestation• Land degredation• Water pollution
• Disease• Crime/social strife• Famine
ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL
Immediate concern…housing
Housing Solutions?
IKEA Housing
SOLUTIONS?
• Voluntary repatriation (cooperation by country for the return of the refugees to their home country)
• Local resettlement
• Resettlement elsewhere
United Nations High Commission on Refugees
Link
• Click on the link below and play the Syrian Refugee simulation. Will you make the right choices to survive?
• http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32057601
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