What is refugee?
-According to the United Nations Convention relating to the Status
of Refugees
• A refugee is a person who is outside their country of citizenship because they
have well-founded grounds for fear of persecution because of their race, religion,
nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, and is
unable to obtain sanctuary from their home country or, owing to such fear, is
unwilling to avail themselves of the protection of that country
- According to Google
• A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war,
persecution, or natural disaster.
- According to Us
• in simple way refugee means a person who is forced to leave his/her country to
seek protection from harm.

While there is no universally accepted definition of
persecution(harassment), threats to life or freedom
are always considered persecution when they occur
because of a person’s:
• Race
• Religion
• Nationality
• Political opinion
• Membership in a particular social group

There are several conditions that may lead to people
becoming refugees. They are as follow:
 Warfare
 Natural disasters such as Floods, Tsunamis,etc
 Political instability
 Religious persecution

Which countries are hosting refugee?
A host country is the one which adopts the refugees for permanent
settlement. The countries provide arrangements for the refugees.
countries hosting refugees are:
1. China
Total refugee population: 301,052
> Total native population: 1.36 billion
> Est. number of refugees admitted in 2014: N/A
> Country of origin of most refugees: Vietnam
2.Uganda
Total refugee population: 385,513
> Total native population: 36.8 million
> Est. number of refugees admitted in 2014: 142,000
> Country of origin of most refugees: South Sudan
3.Chad
> Total refugee population: 452,897
> Total native population: 11 million
> Est. number of refugees admitted in 2014: 19,000
> Country of origin of most refugees: Central African Republic

4 Ethiopia
> Total refugee population: 659,524
> Total native population: 88.9 million
> Est. number of refugees admitted in 2014: 236,000
> Country of origin of most refugees: South Sudan
5.Islamic republican of Iran
Total refugee population: 982,027
> Total native population: 77.0 million
> Est. number of refugees admitted in 2014: 125,000
> Country of origin of most refugees: Afghanistan
6.Lebanon
> Total refugee population: 1,154,040
> Total native population: 4.5 million
> Est. number of refugees admitted in 2014: 400,000
> Country of origin of most refugees: Syria

7.Kenya
> Total refugee population: 551,352
> Total native population: 41.8 million
> Est. number of refugees admitted in 2014: 79,000
> Country of origin of most refugees: South Sudan
8.Jordan
> Total refugee population: 654,141
> Total native population: 6.5 million
> Est. number of refugees admitted in 2014: 119,000
> Country of origin of most refugees: Syria

9. Pakistan
> Total refugee population: 1,505,525
> Total native population: 182.6 million
> Est. number of refugees admitted in 2014: N/A
> Country of origin of most refugees: Afghanistan
10. Turkey
> Total refugee population: 1,587,374
> Total native population: 76 million
> Est. number of refugees admitted in 2014: 1.2 million
> Country of origin of most refugees: Syria

Which country producing more refugees?
S. No Country name
Refugee
Population
1 Afghanistan 2,556,556
2
Syrian Arab
Republic
2,468,369
3 Somalia 1,121,738
4 Sudan 649,331
5
Congo, Dem.
Rep.
499,541
6 Myanmar 479,608
7 Iraq 401,417
8 Colombia 396,635
9 Vietnam 314,105
10 Eritrea 308,022

•Panic
•Shock
•Fear
•Danger
•Hunger
•Fatigue
•Separation
•Fear of
victimization
•Fear of
being
detected or
caught in the
crossfire

The average stay in a
refugee camp is years.
Many camps are heavily
guarded, surrounded by
barbed wire. Refugees are
sometimes treated cruelly by
guards. Most camps are
operated by the United
Nations and receive help
from donor countries. The
refugees await solutions to
the problems in their
homelands.

• Boredom
• Shock
• Depression
• Anger
•Hope mingled
with
disappointment
•Adjustment to
new living
conditions
•Hopelessness
• Fear of the
unknown
• Culture shock
• Survivor’s guilt
• Helplessness
•Powerlessness
•Self-doubt
•Struggle to meet
survival needs
•Confusion

Refugees in Nepal
Nepal is home to 38,490 refugees officially recognized by the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Tibetan and Bhutanese
refugees account for a large majority of Nepal’s refugee population.
Refugees from Bhutan
In the early 1990s, close to 106,000 Bhutanese refugees settled in
seven ,supervised camps in eastern Nepal after being evicted from their homes
in Bhutan when the government introduced a new law removing citizenship and civil
rights due to ancestor. Without the right to work or own land in Nepal these refugees
have been dependent on food aid from the United Nations . After several failed
discussions aimed at repatriating the refugees to Bhutan or Nepal, the refugees are
now beginning to be relocated to other international destinations with the help of the
UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration. Since the start of its
Bhutanese refugee resettlement initiative in 2007 the UNHCR has relocated over
20,000 refugees. The United States accommodated 17,612 of these refugees, with
the rest moving to Australia, Canada, Norway, New Zealand, Denmark, and The
Netherlands.
The five Bhutanese refugee camps in Nepal are:
O Beldangi
O Goldhap
O Khudunabari
O Sanischare
O Timai

Refugees from Tibet
In the years 1959, 1960, and 1961 following the 1959 Tibetan uprising and
exile of the Dalai Lama, over 20,000 Tibetans migrated to Nepal. Since then
many have emigrated to India or settled in refugee camps set up by
the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Government of Nepal,
the Swiss Government, Services for Technical Co-operation Switzerland,
and Australian Refugees Committee. Those who arrived before 1989 were
issued refugee ID cards and benefited from de facto economic integration;
however, more recent arrivals have no legal status and cannot own property,
businesses, vehicles, or be employed lawfully. Many of these recent arrivals
transit through Nepal on their way to India. Currently there are twelve
Tibetan Refugee camps in Nepal, each supervised by a representative
appointed by the Central Tibetan Administration
O Choejor (Chorten & Jorpati)Delekling, SolukhumbuDorpattan,
BaglungJampaling, Lodrik, PokharaNamgyeling, Chirok,
MustangPaljorling, Lodrik, PokharaPhakshing & GyalsaRasuwa,
DuncheSamdupling, JawalakhelTashi Palkhiel, PokharaTashiling,
PokharaWalung
O Many of the recent arrivals have faced so many challenges and unjust at
Nepal borders.

Other refugees
O Although Nepal is home to some 800,000 stateless residents, the exact
number of refugees is uncertain because Nepal is not a signatory of the 1951
U.N.Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees that ensures the legal
status and economic rights of refugees. Nepal’s National Unit for the
Coordination of Refugee Affairs has requested that the UNHCR not
recognize additional cases of urban refugees within its borders in an effort
to prevent Nepal from becoming a safe haven for illegal immigrants. Among
the 600 refugees already recognized are mostly Pakistanis and few Somalis,
many of who belong to the Ahmadiya community that fled religious
persecution in Pakistan, while the Somalis have been a victims of human
trafficking.

Organization working under solving refugee
O United Nations High Commission for Refugees
UNHCR has been working with NGOs since we first began
helping the forcibly displaced in the early 1950s. As our work and
size grew to cope with emerging refugee crises in the 1960s,
1970s and 1980s, especially in Africa, Asia and Central America,
so did our ties with a wide range of newly formed humanitarian
and refugee-related NGOs.

O Immigrant and refugee commity organization
IRCO's mission is to promote the integration of refugees, immigrants and the community
at large into a self-sufficient, healthy and inclusive multi-ethnic society.
Founded in 1976 by refugees for refugees, IRCO has nearly 40 years of history and experience
working with Portland's refugee and immigrant communities. Following the 1970s political upheavals
in Southeast Asia, Oregon and Washington were two of the first states to offer new opportunities and
homes to refugees. A group of Vietnamese, Laotian and Cambodian refugees in Portland formed the
Indochinese Cultural and Service Center (ICSC) to help newly arrived families adjust to American
society and find jobs.
By the mid-'80s, ICSC joined forces with another community-based organization, Southeast Asian
Refugee Federation (SEARF). The newly formed International Refugee Center of Oregon (IRCO)
became the sole service provider of employment services and job training for all newly arrived
refugees, a role IRCO has retained ever since. We became the Immigrant and Refugee Community
Organization in 2001. In 1994, IRCO founded the Asian Family Center, the first of our culturally and
linguistically specific one stop service locations, followed by the establishment of Africa House in 2006.

O Resettlement
O Providing security and safety
O Providing job
O Stop trafficking and racism

Contributions refugees can make:
In 1999-2000
refugees made
a net fiscal
contribution of
about
£2.6 billion
18 refugees
have become
Nobel Laureates.
16 refugees
have received
knighthoods.
Over 1000
refugees and
asylum-seekers
with medical
backgrounds (in
England)
Over 900
refugees and
asylum-seekers
with teaching
backgrounds (in
England)

Video

 Joyal Joshi
 Ayushi Bhandari
 Rajkumar Tamang
 Smriti Khanal
 Prashang Udas
 Sagina Maharjan
 Iven Shrestha
Submitted to:
Faculty Head of Social Studies
(Mr. Khagendra Timilsina)

Sources
O https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_refugee_population
O https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugee
O http://www.unhcr.org/refugees.html
O http://www.unrefugees.org/what-is-a-refugee/