A refugee is a person who is outside their country of origin because they have suffered persecution and cannot safely return home because of these circumstances. In order to qualify as a refugee a person must have endured persecution on account of:
• Race,
• Religion,
• Nationality,
• Political opinion,
• Being a member of a persecuted social group.
This definition is a simplified version of the UNHCR definition of who a refugee is. For the full explanation, please visit the UNHCR site.
Today war, famine, civil unrest, economic and environmental disasters have caused unprecedented numbers of displaced people across the globe. UNHCR has identified three enduring solutions for refugees: voluntary repatriation, local integration, and resettlement to a third country. Our work is part of this third solution. LKARC seeks through this third solution, resettlement, to assist one family at a time to make their home in Lambton and Kent Deaneries of the Diocese of Huron.
It is important to understand not everyone who leaves their country of origin will be classified as a refugee. Migrants, especially economic migrants, are people who choose to move in order to improve their and their family’s future prospects. Refugees are those who have been forced to move in order to save their lives or preserve their freedom. Refugees have no protection from their own governments -- indeed all to often it is their own governments that threaten to persecute them.
• Race,
• Religion,
• Nationality,
• Political opinion,
• Being a member of a persecuted social group.
This definition is a simplified version of the UNHCR definition of who a refugee is. For the full explanation, please visit the UNHCR site.
Today war, famine, civil unrest, economic and environmental disasters have caused unprecedented numbers of displaced people across the globe. UNHCR has identified three enduring solutions for refugees: voluntary repatriation, local integration, and resettlement to a third country. Our work is part of this third solution. LKARC seeks through this third solution, resettlement, to assist one family at a time to make their home in Lambton and Kent Deaneries of the Diocese of Huron.
It is important to understand not everyone who leaves their country of origin will be classified as a refugee. Migrants, especially economic migrants, are people who choose to move in order to improve their and their family’s future prospects. Refugees are those who have been forced to move in order to save their lives or preserve their freedom. Refugees have no protection from their own governments -- indeed all to often it is their own governments that threaten to persecute them.