-
Best of luck to the class of 2024 for their HSC exams. You got this! Let us know your thoughts on the HSC exams here -
YOU can help the next generation of students in the community! Share your trial papers and notes on our Notes & Resources page
What's the difference between an asylum seeker and a refugee? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter acevipa
- Start date
D347H574R
Liverpudlian
Ok I'm not 100% sure about this but I think a refugee is someone who has lost their home etc due to war and similar things happening, where an asylum seeker is trying to leave their country because of fear of the government, ie political asylum
Kujah
Moderator
- Joined
- Oct 15, 2006
- Messages
- 4,736
- Gender
- Undisclosed
- HSC
- N/A
A refugee is someone who seeks refuge in a foreign country because of war and violence, or out of fear of persecution "on account of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group" (to use the terminology from U.S. law).
Until a request for refuge has been accepted, the person is referred to as an asylum seeker. Only after the recognition of the asylum seeker's protection needs, he or she is officially referred to as a refugee and enjoys refugee status, which carries certain rights and obligations according to the legislation of the receiving country.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asylum_seeker#Asylum_seekers
Until a request for refuge has been accepted, the person is referred to as an asylum seeker. Only after the recognition of the asylum seeker's protection needs, he or she is officially referred to as a refugee and enjoys refugee status, which carries certain rights and obligations according to the legislation of the receiving country.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asylum_seeker#Asylum_seekers
D347H574R
Liverpudlian
oh well, I tried.