Booklet 4 Flashcards
Refugee
A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster
Asylum seeker
A person who has left their home country as a political refugee and is seeking asylum in another
UNHCR
The UNHCR is a United Nations programme made to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself made on December 14, 1950
Internally displaced person
Is someone who is forced to leave their home but remains within their country’s borders
Push factors
A factor that motivates someone to leave their home country
Pull factor
A factor that motivates someone to move to a particular place
Offshore processing
The term used to describe Australia sending asylum seekers who arrive by boat to either Nauru or Manus island