IMMIGRATION thread

[Viking]

Returning to the topic of what a refugee is, this is what the Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status under the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees says:

CHAPTER V – SPECIAL CASES

A. War refugees

164. Persons compelled to leave their country of origin as a result of international or national armed conflicts are not normally considered refugees under the 1951 Convention or 1967 Protocol.

In other words, coming from a war zone alone is not enough to qualify for refugee status under these papers.

[Husar]

In other words, coming from a war zone alone is not enough to qualify for refugee status under these papers.

Which is funny because it says: "A. War refugees"

[Viking]

Which is funny because it says: "A. War refugees"

Which implies that in order to become a war refugee, war in itself isn't adequate. As the document goes on:

165. However, foreign invasion or occupation of all or part of a country can result – and occasionally has resulted – in persecution for one or more of the reasons enumerated in the 1951 Convention. In such cases, refugee status will depend upon whether the applicant is able to show that he has a “well-founded fear of being persecuted” in the occupied territory and, in addition, upon whether or not he is able to avail himself of the protection of his government, or of a protecting power whose duty it is to safeguard the interests of his country during the armed conflict, and whether such protection can be considered to be effective.