Terms Definition
Refugee
A person who was forced to move from their native country due to a complicated political situation or any other factors is defined as a refugee.
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
An IDP is a person who was forced to move from their home, yet is capable of staying within their own country.
Protracted Refugee Situations
A protracted refugee situation occurs in the scenario in which a refugee still feels that their economic and social lives have been unfulfilling and that they have been a part of the underserved population after having lived overseas.
Non-Refoulement of Refugees
According to the existing legal definition, the principle of non-refoulement is the prohibition of deporting refugees to the countries where they may face persecution based on their race or any other protected category.
Voluntary Repatriation, or Voluntary Resettling
Voluntary repatriation occurs when a refugee willingly returns to their home country after the dangers that made them flee in the first place have been removed.
Rights and Challenges
According to the existing legal standards of the UN, each refugee is entitled to the right of opinion and expression and the right to security. The specified rights allow refugees to ensure that the factors which have compelled them to escape their native country will not affect them in the environment of the UN. However, there are several challenges for refugees to face in the foreign setting as well. For example, the absence of second language skills affects refugees significantly, preventing them from communicating their needs. In addition, when assisting refugees, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees often faces the problem of locating refugees since a lot of them have the status of illegal migrants. Finally, prejudices against certain migrants, such as Syrian refugees, affects the extent to which foreign communities are willing to accept immigrants.