WHAT ARE REFUGEES? [+] serious ballot by EUROTOPIA ACTIVE Mon Sep 17, 07 - Tue Sep 16, 08 Do you consider people who flee their country of origin due to severe poverty, widespread disease or a natural disaster to be 'refugees'? If so, by international law you are incorrect. People cannot be recognised as refugees by those claims. Such people are certainly 'asylum seekers', but not 'refugees'. Under international law, refugees are individuals who: - are outside their country of nationality or habitual residence; - have a well-founded fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion; and - are unable or unwilling to avail themselves of the protection of that country, or to return there, for fear of persecution. A 'refugee' under actual international law is thus very specfically in regards to people whom face persecution which have to fall strictly under the above guidelines. Do you think the legal definition of a 'refugee' in the international framework should be expanded to include those fleeing from severe poverty, the effects of a natural disaster or widespread disease? Yes, the term should be expanded to include them No, the term should remain specific In between Ballot #118403 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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