Unjustly exiled from their home country, refugees are persons forced to migrate to a new country for security and protection. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (the UN refugee agency) legally defines refugees as “people who are outside their countries because of a well-founded fear of persecution based on their race, religion, nationality, political opinion or social group.”The UNHCR reports that there are 20.8 million refugees and other people in need of protection worldwide. Out of that large number, nine million children are refugees.
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