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A Refugee can be defined as 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/her nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail herself/himself of the protection of that country. Refugees carry few belongings and these people aren’t always poor. There are three stages in the movement of refugees. Stage 1 is leaving their home. There are 22 million refugees throughout the world who are forced to flee their home country. 75% of these refugees are women and children. There are two categories for refugees. One type is people who flee their home country and cross into a neighbouring country. Another type is people who move into another part of their own country and these people are called internal refugees or displaced people. The majority of refugees come from developing countries like Afghanistan and Iraq. Stage 2 in the movement of refugees is living in a refugee camp. There may be thousands of refugees livi