Refugees and Migrants
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Migrant workers from Myanmar expelled from Thailand © AP GraphicsBank |
Every day people make decisions to leave their homes, communities and countries. Some leave because they are afraid - afraid for their lives, and for the lives of their children and loved ones. Others leave because their social or economic situation has compelled them to do so.
One of the most important rights common to all refugees, asylum-seekers, migrants and internally displaced persons (IDPs) is the right to non-discrimination. This right is at the core of all human rights.
These pages contain information about refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and the internally displaced.
 | Palestinian refugees suffer in Lebanon Palestinian refugees in Lebanon face discrimination in employment and a lack of access to adequate education and housing. Read more: Lebanon: Exiled and suffering: Palestinian refugees in Lebanon (Report, 17 October 2007) |
 | Palestinian refugees targeted in Iraq Scores of Palestinian refugees in Iraq have been killed since the US-led invasion in 2003. Most were abducted by armed groups and their bodies found a few days later in a morgue or dumped in a street, often mutilated or with clear marks of torture. Read more: Iraq: Human rights abuses against Palestinian refugees (Report, 01 October 2007) |
 | Refugee crisis unfolds amid global apathy The international community has not responded adequately to Iraq's spiralling refugee crisis and is leaving the main host countries, Syria and Jordan, to shoulder too much of the responsibility. Read more: Iraq: Millions in flight: the Iraqi refugee crisis (Report, 24 September 2007) Iraq refugee crisis nears breaking point (Web Feature, 26 July 2007) |
