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Refugees and Family Health
According to Article 1 of the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who,
owing to 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, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of 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. (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 2007, p. 16)
Refugees are forced to flee their homes without knowing where they will live. ...
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