moms with kids in Chicago could claim refugee status in Canada
no. i didn't mean to imply that. i have heard that many were fleeing
because of domestic abuse as well and wondered if they were using
the term as we do in north america. if so, of course, it would not
give them refugee status. but i think that fleeing because they are in
fear of their lives due to violence that the state is unable to protect
them from does.
a refugee is forced to flee for their life.
that was my interpretation, but i could be wrong.
Definition of refugeeArticle 1 of the Convention, as amended by the 1967 Protocol, defines a refugee as this: [11][ not in citation given]
A person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it.
Several groups have built upon the 1951 Convention to create a more objective definition. While their terms differ from those of the 1951 Convention, the Convention has significantly shaped the new, more objective definitions. They include the 1969 Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa by the Organisation of African Unity (since 2002 African Union) and the 1984 Cartagena Declaration, while nonbinding, also sets out regional standards for refugees in Central America, Mexico and Panama. |
