The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) estimated that, at the end of 2012, there were about 45.2 million forcibly displaced people worldwide with 15.4 million classified as refugees and fitting the following definition: “[A]ny 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 to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country.” And, while that number is so huge, refugees in many countries often maintain a neglected status and their plight remains unseen by the public in which they’re immersed.…
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