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Definitions of refugee on the Web:

	an exile who flees for safety wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
	Under international law, a refugee is a person who is outside his/her country of nationality or habitual residence; has a well-founded fear of persecution because of his/her race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion; and is unable or unwilling to avail himself/herself of the protection of that country, or to return there, for fear of persecution. They are subgroup of the broader category of displaced persons. They are distinguished from economic en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugee
	A person who flees to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution. www.iclasses.org/assets/history/social_studies_glossary.html
	One of the six legal immigrant categories, refugees are aliens who are unable to remain in their country of origin due to persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution based on race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. Refugees are subject to ceilings by geographic area set annually by the President in consultation with Congress. They are eligible for lawful permanent resident status after one year of continuous presence in the United States. Refugees differ from asylees in that people outside the United States apply for refugee status, but people already in the United www.fairus.org/Research/ResearchList.cfm
	a person who has been forced to leave his/her home and has crossed an international border. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/outreach/bol/Glossary.htm
	The fine points of the definition vary under different bodies of international law, but generally, this term applies to people who have fled their country to avoid persecution or the threat of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion. International humanitarian law defines refugees more broadly, including displaced persons who have fled their homes during armed conflicts but have not left their homeland. www.disasterrelief.org/Library/Dictionary/index_txt.html
	Someone who has left his or her homeland because of fear of persecution. www.bl.uk/services/learning/curriculum/voices/refglos.html
	one who flees in search of refuge, as in times of war, political oppression, environmental destruction, or religious persecution. www.futureharvest.org/about/glossary.shtml
	A potential terrorist. We are being told that we in the west must tighten our refugee and immigration policies. By insinuation refugees are potential terrorists. In truth, they are more often the victims of terrorism. www.engr.mun.ca/~theo/Misc/glossary.htm
	The Refugee Convention defines a refugee as someone who: www.survival-comparisons.org.au/defs.htm
	In a military sense, an armed Loyalist not enrolled in a standing Provincial or Militia regiment. Also used to describe displaced Loyalist civilians within the British lines. www.royalprovincial.com/etc/gloss/gloss.htm
	An alien who has fled his home or country to establish residence elsewhere and who has been granted refugee status by the appropriate Federal officials (normally the INS). Refugees will be treated as immigrants for the purpose of this regulation. www.rotc.monroe.army.mil/helpdesk/definitions-1/terms.htm
	a person who flees his or her country to escape violence, war or persecution. People who flee their communities but stay within their country are called 'displaced people' or 'internal refugees.' www.newday.com/guides/mango/21vocabulary.html
	A Bosnian who fled to another country to escape the effects of the war. www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/call/call_98-18_apa.htm
	A person who, owing to well-founded fear, or fact, of being persecuted for reasons of race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his/her nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail him/her self of the protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it. www.undp.org/rbec/nhdr/1996/georgia/glossary.htm
	A person whose claim for protection has been recognised as satisfying the criteria laid down in the 1951 UN Convention. www.lewishampct.nhs.uk/index.php
	A person who flees for safety or refuge, especially to a foreign country. www.apheda.org.au/campaigns/burma_schools_kit/resources/1074040257_16812.html
	Citizens with the legal status of refugees, who have a final resolution acknowledging their refugee status issued by the competent Hungarian authority, live in Hungary on a regular basis, and have a registered domicile in the territory of the country. www.valasztas.hu/ep2004/04/en/informaciok/fogalmak1.html
	A person who flees his/her native country to escape invasion, oppression or persecution. dal.lowell.smartedu.net/projects/afglossary.html
	a person who flees to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution. A refugee claimant receives Canada's protection when he or she is found to be a Convention refugee as defined by the United Nations' 1951 Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, and its 1967 Protocol. www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/law30/international/internationalvocab/vocab.html

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