REFUGEES

Report by:
Adriano, Princess Ruth B.
Rodriguez, Mary Grace D.

Refugees have been

deprived of their homes,
but they must not be
deprived of their futures.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

REFUGEES IN THE PHILIPPINES

REFUGEES IN THE PHILIPPINES

WHAT: Philippine Refugee Processing

Center
WHERE: Morong, Bataan
WHEN: 1980-early 1990s
WHO: Vietnamese, Cambodian, and
Laotian refugees
FUNDED BY: UN High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHCR)

REFUGEES IN ASIA

REFUGEES IN ASIA
WHO: Myanmars Ronghiyans The

Boat People
FROM WHERE: Myanmar & Bangladesh
TO WHERE: Thailand, Malaysia,
Indonesia, Australia
WHY: They are considered stateless
entities.
AGENCY: UN High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR)

HOW DID THE WORLD RESPOND?

United States
Australia
Thailand
Philippines
Indonesia
Malaysia

The 1951 Refugee Convention

It is a United Nationsmultilateral treatythat

defines who is a refugee, and sets out the

rights of individuals who are grantedasylum
and the responsibilities of nations that grant
asylum.
The Convention also sets out which people
donotqualify as refugees, such as
war criminals.
The Convention also provides for some visafree travel for holders oftravel documents
issued under the convention.

Protocol Relating to the Status of

Refugees (1967)
Where the 1951

United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of R

efugees
had restricted refugee status to those whose
circumstances had come about "as a result of events
occurring before 1 January 1951", as well as giving
States party to the Convention the option of
interpreting this as "events occurring in Europe" or
"events occurring in Europe or elsewhere", the 1967
Protocol removed both the temporal and geographic
restrictions. However, the Protocol gave those States
which had previously ratified the 1951 Convention
and chosen to use the geographically restricted
definition the option to retain that restriction.

State Parties (as of April 2015)

State Parties to the 1951

Convention 145
State Parties to the 1967 Protocol
146
State Parties to Both 142
State Parties to one or both 148

State Parties 1951 Convention &

1967 Protocol

Refugee vs Asylum
Article 1 of the Convention, as amended by the 1967 Protocol,
defines a refugee as:
"A person who owing to a 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.."

Responsibilities of parties to the

Refugee Convention

Cooperation with the

UNHCR
Information on
national legislation
Exemption from
reciprocity

The principle of non-refoulement

A refugee's right to be protected against forcible
return, or refoulement, is set out in the 1951
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees:
No Contracting State shall expel or return ('refouler') a
refugee in any manner whatsoever to the frontiers of
territories where his life or freedom would be threatened
on account of his race, religion, nationality, membership
of a particular social or political opinion" (Article 33(1)).

The Arab Spring

It started in Tunisia in 2010.
The Arab Spring has resulted in rulers being

ousted inTunisia,Egypt,Libya, and Yemen;

civil uprisings inBahrainandSyria; major
protests inAlgeria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait,
Morocco, and Oman; and minor protests in
Lebanon, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Sudan,
and Western Sahara.

The Arab Spring

Syria crisis: Fast facts

13.5 million people in Syria need humanitarian

assistance.
4.3 million Syrians are refugees and 6.6 million are
displaced within Syria; half are children.
Most Syrian refugees remain in the Middle East, in
Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt; slightly
more than 10 percent of the refugees have
traveled to Europe.
Children affected by the Syrian conflict are at risk
of becoming ill, malnourished, abused, or
exploited. Millions have been forced to quit school.

Syrian Refugees

Refugee crisis: five ways to make a difference

1. Donate Money
2. Volunteer your time
3. Make your voice
heard
4.Donate other supplies
5.Volunteer your home