Refugees: who, where, and why.

Faces: People, Places, and Cultures | September 1, 2002| | Copyright

Attila the Hun invaded western Europe, pillaging the Italian peninsula in A.D. 452. Thousands of inhabitants of the Italian countryside fled their homes and sought refuge on neighboring islands in the Adriatic Sea. This was certainly not the first example of people forced to flee their homes, and, unfortunately, it was not the last. Today, more than 14 million men, women, and children have been forced to flee their homes, towns, and countries because they are afraid to stay. We call these people refugees.

In 1951, the United Nations defined a refugee as a person who, ...

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