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Refugees
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| MUN Conferences | Simulation of the United Nations work sessions. |
| Refugee | Someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war, or violence. |
| European Refugee Crisis | Began in 2015 when a rising numbers of refugees arrived in the European Union (EU), traveling across the Mediterranean Sea or overland through Southeast Europe. The main reason is the Syrian Civil War that started in March 2011. |
| Syria's Civil War | In March 2011 Syria’s government, led by the president Bashar al-Assad, faced an unprecedented challenge to its authority protests erupted throughout the country in favor of establishing a democracy. |
| UNHCR | A United Nations program mandated to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself and assists in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country. |
| Convention of Refugees 1951 | Main international instrument of refugee law. It clearly spells out who a refugee is and the kind of legal protection, other assistance and social rights he or she should receive from the countries who have signed the document. |