♤ UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) serves as the ‘guardian’ of the 1951

Convention and its 1967 Protocol.

♤ International law recognises only those fleeing conflict and violence as refugees.

♤ While more than 50 percent of refugees are in cities, often the first stop for a person fleeing his conflict is a refugee camp, these are temporary structures usually run by the United Nations Refugee Agency or local governments, until inhabitants can safely return back to their homes or rehabilitated in the host country or resettle in another country.

♤ Resettlement and long term integration options are limited so many refugees are left with no choice but to stay in the refugee camps for years or decades.