United Nations definition of a refugee
- United nations definition of a refugee: “a person who owning 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 or owning, such to fear, is unwilling to avail himself to the protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it…”
Statistics on Refugees in Australia
- Australia accepts 13,000 new refugees each year.
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There were some 45.2 million forcibly displaced people worldwide
at the end of 2012
- 46% of refugees are children below 18 years
of age - By the end of 2012 women and girls made up 48% of the refugees
population - More than 55% of all refugees worldwide came from five countries:
Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, Syria, and Sudan.