GGR208H5 Lecture 8: Lecture 8 - Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
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Lecture 8 - refugees and internally displaced persons. See slides on short essay - choose topic based on lectures. Internally displaced persons (idps), the total population of concern was nearly 55 million in 2014: the fundamental right that refugee status confers is that refugees will not be returned to their country of origin against their will. For example, the us denied entry to haitians who claimed political asylum, with the government defining them as voluntary and economic migrants, even with evidence of political persecution by the. Given that many countries of first asylum are in the developing world, most have difficulties in meeting the needs of refugees. By necessity, receiving governments are forced to put their native-born populations first. As such, most countries rely heavily on organizations such as the red. Internally displaced persons (ipds: usually fleeing some sort of perecution (e. g. political issues, war, environment, gender issues, no political structure or law to address these issues.
