What is Refugee?
[[Image:Refugearmenian.PNG|thumb|200px|An Armenian refugee woman with her son. ([[Armenian Genocide]])]] [[Image:Darfur refugee camp in Chad.jpg|thumb|A refugee camp in Chad, linked to the [[Darfur conflict]].]] In [[1951]], the [[United Nations]] (UN) law called [[Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees]], said a '''refugee''' was a person who is forced to leave their country due to [[natural disaster]]s or [[war]] and conflict <blockquote>owing to a well-founded fear of being [[Persecution|persecuted]] for reasons of race, [[religion]], nationality, membership of a particular [[social group]], or [[political opinion]], is outside the country of their nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail him/herself of the protection of that country.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49c3646c125.html |title=UNHCR - Refugees |first= |last= |work=unhcr.org |year=2012 |accessdate=5 June 2012}}</ref></blockquote> In [[1967]] the Conventions’ 1967 protocol and by regional conventions in [[Africa]] and [[Latin America]] to include persons who had fled [[war]] and [[violence]] in their country. A person who is seeking to be recognized as a refugee is an '''[[asylum seeker]]'''. In the [[United States]] a recognized asylum seeker is known as an '''asylee'''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=c533136d2035f010VgnVCM1000000ecd190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=b328194d3e88d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD |title=USCIS - Asylee |first= |last= |work=uscis.gov |year=2012 |accessdate=5 June 2012 |archive-date=17 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917015600/http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=c533136d2035f010VgnVCM1000000ecd190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=b328194d3e88d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD |url-status=dead }}</ref> A '''refugee''' is a person who has to leave his or her country. This can be because of different reasons: * It is no longer safe t