SA 345 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Syria, Geneva Conventions, Well-Founded Relation

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 345
• Professor: Wendy Chan

Document Summary

Globally the forcibly displaced population increased in 2017 by 2. 9million. By end of year 68. 5 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide as result of persecution, conflict, or generalized violence. Ongoing conflicts syrian arab republic, columbia, afghanistan, south sudan, iraq, New/reignited conflicts drc, myanmar, north of central america. Europe - major increase in refugees; germany"s refugee population increased by 45% Canada uses definition adopted in 1952 convention relating to the status of refugees ( geneva convention) Complex definition a refugee is a person who is outside his/her home country and who has a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of: race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion. Geneva convetion does not allow signatory states to expel or return a refugee in an matter whatsoever to any country where the refugee faces persecution. Canada was first country to recognize omen could be persecuted on basis of gender too.