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what is forced migration?
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A general term that refers to the movements of refugees and internally displaced people (those displaced by conflicts) as well as people displaced by natural or environmental disasters, chemical or nuclear disasters, famine, or development projects.
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what is conflict induced displacement?
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People who are forced to flee their homes for one or more of the following reasons and where the state authorities are unable or unwilling to protect them
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what is development induced displacement?
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People who are compelled to move as a result of policies and projects implemented to supposedly enhance 'development'.
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what is disaster induced displacement
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People displaced as a result of natural disasters
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what is a refugee?
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someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of a well-founded fear of persecution
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what is UNHCR?
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the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; office established in 1951 to protect the human rights of refugees
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What are asylum seekers?
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When people flee their own country and seek sanctuary in another country, they apply for asylum – the right to be recognized as a refugee and receive legal protection and material assistance.
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What are migrants?
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a wide-ranging term that covers most people who move to a foreign country for a variety of reasons and for a certain length of time
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What is an Economic Migrant?
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someone who leaves their country of origin for financial reasons, rather than due to persecution or violation of human rights like refugees.
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what is an immigrant?
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someone who takes up permanent residence in a country other than his or her original homeland
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what is an internally displaced person?
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someone who has been forced to flee his or her home for the same reason as a refugee, but remains in his or her own country and has not crossed an international border.
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what is a stateless person?
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someone who is not a citizen of any country. Citizenship is the legal bond between a government and an individual, and allows for certain political, economic, social and other rights of the individual, as well as the responsibilities of both government and citizen
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what is an asylum?
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the right to be recognized as a refugee and receive legal protection and material assistance.
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what is “Prima Facie” Refugees?
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Refugees who are recognized as needing human rights protection on a group basis, rather than recognized on an individual basis
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what are Smuggled People?
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Are moved illegally for profit. They are partners, however unequal, in a commercial transaction. People who think they are being smuggled may run the risk of actually being trafficked.
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what are trafficked people?
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These are people who are moved by deception or coercion for the purposes of exploitation. The profit in trafficking people comes not from their movement, but from the sale of their sexual services or labour in the country of destination.
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what are Repatriation?
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the process of returning to one‟s home country. The majority of refugees prefer to return home as soon as it is safe to do so, after a conflict and the country is being rebuilt.
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what is Resettlement?
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the process of helping a refugee find a new, permanent home when they cannot safely reside in a country of first asylum or return home.
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what is Ordnance?
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Ordnance may refer to: Military: Military logistics, especially provision of weapons and ammunition Ordnance weapon, a personal weapon issued to a member
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what is legacy?
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anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor
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what is infrastructure?
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Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities
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