The Refugee Problem According to the UNHCR there are 42.5 million displaced people world-wide in 2012 of these 15.4 million were registered as Refugees in 2012 approximately 23,000 people leave their homes daily to seek protection. Why should this be so, according to the definition of a refugee they are escaping a natural disaster which although are more prevalent today are not so noticeable and often those refugees normally return to their home land when possible. Another reason is persecution this by definition occurs to a minimal number of people whose views are better suited to another land thus making up a small number of the refugee total. This leaves people seeking to escape war of whom it appears to make up the majority of the 42.5 million displaced people. This makes the answer to the refugee problem obvious, STOP FIGHTING AMONGST OURSELVES, “STOP THE WARS”. Easier said than done you say? If all we had to fight with were sticks and stones and the occasional bread knife how many homes and farms would be destroyed? The number of people killed would be greatly reduced. We as a people would be forced to seek alternate methods of solving our disputes; we might even have to negotiate in a meaningful manner, realistic negotiations. If we were to take the biblical quote literally “Turn our swords into plough shears” then perhaps we could feed, clothe and shelter the world’s population without the need for anybody to leave their homes; Refugee problem solved. Google Definition of Refugee - ref•u•gee /ˌrefyo͝oˈjē/ Noun - A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. Synonyms - fugitive - runaway USA for UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency - unrefugees.org/site/c.lfIQKSOwFqG/b.4950731/ Who is a refugee? A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war, or violence. A refugee has a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group. Most likely, they cannot return home or are afraid to do so. War and ethnic, tribal and religious violence are leading causes of refugees fleeing their countries. UNHCR The UN Refugee Agency - unhcr.org.au/unhcr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=179&Itemid=54 About Refugees The 1951 Refugee Convention (as broadened by the 1967 Protocol) provides that the term “refugee” shall apply to any 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."
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