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refugee

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
refugee one who leaves one's native land either because of expulsion or to escape persecution. The legal problem of accepting refugees is discussed under asylum ; this article considers only mass dislocations and the organizations that help refugees. The Rise of International Refugee Organizations Early examples of mass dislocations include the expulsion of the Jews and the Moors from Spain in the 15th cent., the flights from religious persecutions in Europe to the New World in the 16th and 17th cent., and the exodus of the émigrés in the French Revolution. Before the 20th... Read more
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ... the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), established Jan., 1951, by the ... Assembly. It superseded the International Refugee Organization. It seeks permanent solutions to refugee problems, offers international protection ... Read more
Refugee Nutrition Information System
Nutrition and Well-Being A to Z Refugee Nutrition Information System Every year, thousands of ... wars, political conflicts, and natural disasters. The Refugee Nutrition Information System (RNIS) was established in ... nutritionally vulnerable people in the world, including refugees, internally displaced populations, and those who are ... Read more

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Free Article Their teeming shores. (analysis of impact of Refugee Act of 1980)
National Review; 11/1/1993
Free Article MY WEEK: Gaynor Atkin, co-ordinator of Refugee Week in Peterborough - 20/06/06.
Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Peterborough, England); 6/22/2006
Free Article Women refugees: the caretakers adrift.
UN Chronicle; 9/1/1991