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While both asylum seekers and refugees flee their countries, they do so for different reasons. A refugee is displaced by war or violence due to political unrest. An asylum seeker is somebody who is being pursued by the law and seeks protection in another country.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe two designations are quite different. Asylum seekers have applied for asylum under the Refugee Convention on the Status of Refugees because if they are returned to their country of origin, they have a true fear of persecution based on race, religion, nationality, political belief or group membership. Refugees, on the other hand, are asylum seekers whose application for asylum has been accepted. Refugee can also mean a person fleeing war and disaster, but not necessarily persecution.
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Should the US give sanctuary to chinese citizens?
yes they should if a Chinese person asks for asylum
How did marquis de sade die?
The marquis de sade died his sleep at the age of 74 in a insane asylum. He was having a relationship with a 13 year old at the time.
What happened to Zach on Bones?
Zach got involved with Gormagon - the cannibal who kept adding bones to the silver skeleton and after injuring his hands he ended up in an asylum rather than prison.
How can your member of parliament help you with your asylum application?
If you have ever been in an asylum you cannot ever be a member of the parliment. You are considered a threat to the parliament members around you. You could snap anytime and go wonky at any given time. And you are considered a threat to NTIONAL SECURITY as of this moment when you asked this question. Go hide in a Cave and take a lot of pills with you.Preferably,sedatives and tranquillizers. Keeep popping everytime you awake and sleep the rest of your natural life. Ruuuun.....Ruuun....hide
Why was Citizen Genet expelled from the US?
He wasn't. The Jacobins recalled Ambassador Genet to France where his liely fate would have been the guillotine, but President Washington granted him asylum in the US where ge lived until his death in Greenbush, New York in 1834.
Where do asylum seekers and refugees come from?
mostly from Afghanistan!
What are asylum seekers also know as?
Well, for those whom this may concern, asylum seekers are also known as refugees.
People who leave a country are called?
They are either known as REFUGEES or ASYLUM SEEKERS.
How many refugees in the UK?
there are over 7000 asylum seekers waiting to come into England
What made the boat people leave their country?
they are either known as refugees or asylum seekers
What is the difference between economic asylum seekers and proper asylum seekers?
Economic asylum seekers flee their home countries in search of better economic opportunities, while proper asylum seekers are individuals who flee their home countries due to persecution or danger based on factors like race, religion, political opinion, nationality, or membership in a particular social group. Proper asylum seekers are protected under international law, while economic asylum seekers may not always meet the criteria for asylum.
What is australia's policy on refugees?
Australia is legally bound to respect International obligations to respect human rights of asylum seekers and refugees. However, of late Australia has a changed stance towards refugees. There have been a campaign and advertisements in print media in which prospective asylum seekers and refugees are warned that they will not be able to enter Australia if they try to enter illegally. There have been reports that some asylum seekers were given a boat and told to navigate all the way back to Indonesia.
How many refugees are in the UK?
Among all 44 highly industrialized nations USA has the highest number of prospective asylum seekers (83,400), total number of asylum seekers for Europe were 355,500 and Australia and New Zealand had 16,100 applications for asylum. According to Refugee Council of Australia there are a total of 9,37,000 asylum seekers in the world.
Why do asylum seekers and refugees move?
they move to escape war natural disasters or maybe even conscription
What has the author Sue Lukes written?
Sue Lukes has written: 'Developments to assist refugees and asylum seekers towards earlier self sufficiency' -- subject(s): Refugees
What are synonyms of refugee?
A refugee can be referred to as an asylum seekertoo. For many obvious reasons there is in fact no apparent difference of treatment between refugees and asylum seekers. Refugees are victims of persecution who have been recognised as fitting the definition of a refugee contained in the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. For some of the world's refugee population it is either impractical or impossible to go first to a neighbouring country and then to seek resettlement from there. This could be because the neighbouring countries are not signatories to the international laws that would ensure their protection in these countries. In these cases, individuals may choose to try to go directly to a country, such as Australia or the UK, where they can seek protection. Such people are called asylum seekers.
What has the author VAUGHAN ROBINSON written?
VAUGHAN ROBINSON has written: 'SPREADING THE 'BURDEN'?: A REVIEW OF POLICIES TO DISPERSE ASYLUM-SEEKERS AND REFUGEES'
