Consider the following statements.1. People who have fled their homes ...
- Poverty in the South has also led to large-scale migration to seek a better life, especially better economic opportunities, in the North. This has created international political friction. International law and norms make a distinction between migrants (those who voluntarily leave their home countries) and refugees (those who flee from war, natural disaster or political persecution).
- States are generally supposed to accept refugees, but they do not have to accept migrants. While refugees leave their country of origin, people who have fled their homes but remain within national borders are called ‘internally displaced people’. Kashmiri Pandits that fled the violence in the Kashmir Valley in the early 1990s are an example of an internally displaced community
Consider the following statements.1. People who have fled their homes ...
Internally Displaced People vs. Refugees
Internally Displaced People:
- The statement that "People who have fled their homes but remain within national borders are called ‘internally displaced people’" is correct.
- Internally displaced people are individuals who have been forced to flee their homes due to conflict, violence, natural disasters, or human rights violations but have not crossed an international border.
- They remain within the borders of their own country and are often in need of humanitarian assistance and protection.
Refugees:
- The statement that "Those who voluntarily leave their home countries are called refugees" is incorrect.
- Refugees are individuals who have been forced to flee their home countries due to persecution, war, or violence.
- Unlike internally displaced people, refugees have crossed an international border and are unable or unwilling to return to their home countries due to a well-founded fear of persecution.
- Refugees are granted certain rights and protections under international law, including the right to seek asylum in another country.
In conclusion, the correct statement is that internally displaced people are those who have fled their homes but remain within national borders, while refugees are individuals who have been forced to flee their home countries and have crossed an international border.