What is a refugee?

Refugees in a broad sense refer to people who are homeless, displaced and need to leave their original places because of natural and man-made disasters.

According to article 1 of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees adopted by the United Nations in 195 1, a refugee refers to a person who is unwilling or unable to return to his country of origin or be protected by it because of his race, religion, nationality, membership of a special social group or political opinions, and who has good reasons to fear persecution.

The term refugee also applies to anyone who is forced to leave his habitual residence and seek refuge outside his country of residence or nationality because his country of residence or nationality is invaded, occupied, ruled by foreign countries in part or in whole or because of events that seriously endanger public order.

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June 20th every year is World Refugee Day.

In order to protect the basic rights of refugees, the United Nations held a "Plenipotentiary Conference on the Status of Refugees and Stateless Persons" in 195 1, and adopted the Convention on the Status of Refugees, which stipulated that the contracting States should give certain treatment to refugees within their territory, including: national treatment in primary education, public relief, labor and social security;

Give at least no less preferential treatment than ordinary foreigners in movable and immovable property, free occupation, migration, etc. ; Countries should respect refugees' right to obtain identity, give them identity documents and protect them from deportation, and try their best to facilitate refugees' naturalization.