According to the 1951 Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is… [a person who]… owing to 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.

 

Seminars:

2006

June

5 thGuest Speaker: Palestinian Author Dr. Abbas Shiblak
Title: Palestinian Diaspora and refugee community in Europe: Difficulties of adaptation
Time & venue: 7 pm, RCRS

July

3 rdGuest Speaker: UNHCR Protection Officer, Dr. Hanan Hamdan
Title: Legal Status andLiving Conditions of Refugees in Jordan
Time & Venue:7pm, RCRS