Refugee
Refugees or refugees are those who have fled to other countries to avoid persecution, war, terrorism, extreme poverty, famine and natural disasters. The concept of refugees has expanded from the 1967 Protocol on the Status of Refugees and regional agreements in Africa and Latin America to refer to those who left the original land of war or other violence. Those who want to be granted refugee status by exercising their right of asylum are called as asylum applicants. The refugees were formulated and legally defined for large refugees who had left Eastern Europe since World War II. One of the leading international organizations for refugee protection is the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. In 2006, the number of refugees around the world was 8,400,000. This is the lowest since 1980. The main refugee group that does not fall into this figure is the 4,300,000 Palestinian refugees under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees.