refugee definition

refugee. (“ffoadur”) means a person who is recognised by Her Majesty’s government as a refugee within the meaning of the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28 July 1951 as extended by the Protocol thereto which entered into force on 4 October 1967;
refugee means a third-country national who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group, is outside the country of nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of that country, or a stateless person, who, being outside of the country of former habitual residence for the same reasons as mentioned above, is unable or, owing to such fear, unwilling to return to it, and to whom Article 12 does not apply;
refugee means a person who fulfils the requirements of Article 1(A) of the Geneva Convention;

Examples of refugee in a sentence

  • Enabel, in consortium with partners, is undertaking a project entitled “Response to Increased Environmental Degradation and Promotion of Alternative Energy Sources in Refugee Hosting Districts” -RED (2021-2024), funded by the European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa.

  • The project is largely anchored under the Ministry of Water and Environment Refugee Response Plan.


More Definitions of refugee

refugee means a person as referred to in Article 1 of the Convention on the Status of Refugees, done at Geneva on 28 July 1951 and the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, done at New York on 31 January 1967;
refugee means a person who is recognised by Her Majesty’s government as a refugee within the meaning of the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28th July 1951(3) as extended by the Protocol thereto which entered into force on 4th October 1967(4) and any reference to the child of a refugee includes a reference to a person adopted in pursuance of adoption proceedings and a step-child; and
refugee means a refugee as contemplated in section 3 of the Namibia Refugees (Recognition and Control) Act, 1999 (Act No. 2 of 1999);
refugee means any person who—
refugee means any third country national or stateless person enjoying refugee status within the meaning of the Geneva Convention relating to the status of refugees of 28 July 1951, as amended by the Protocol signed in New York on 31 January 1967;
refugee means any person lawfully present in the United States who possesses an I-94 card issued by the United States Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, on which it states "admitted as a refugee pursuant to Section 207 of the Immigration & Nationality Act"; and
refugee means a person who is eligible to receive benefits and services from the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement.