This paper examines refugees in an overview of their status and the problems confronting such communities in 5 pages. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.
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As a result of the ongoing conflicts which are occurring in various regions
of the world at any given time, it would be true to assert that the refugee issue is one which national and international organisations are constantly having to address. The
displacement of large numbers of people will inevitably lead to disruption, not only for the refugees themselves but also for the host countries into which they are fleeing and attempting
to make temporary settlements, and this is something which national governments and organisations such as the UN and Amnesty International have had to try and resolve for some years now.
The UN defines a refugee as someone who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted
for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership in 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 (UNHCR, 2001). The term well-founded has led to some difficulties regarding who is and who is not entitled
to avail themselves of refugee status: in the UK, for example, the legal process by which those seeking asylum are obliged to prove that they do indeed have a verifiable
and reasonable fear of ill-treatment due to their social or political status in their home country is a long and convoluted one, and it is often difficult to prove that