29 Sep 05
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political persecution and religious persecution are often used to determine the status "refugee" ... these criteria are given priority.
surely any hazard to that person should be just as valid ...
when should we reach out our hands to help others?
surely we should help because the refugee is in trouble .. they are not criminals, they mean us no harm ...
and who changed the environment anyway🙄
29 Sep 05
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Originally posted by flexmoreThe status of "refugee" is based on the 1951 one Geneva Convention on the refugees:
political persecution and religious persecution are often used to determine the status "refugee" ... these criteria are given priority.
surely any hazard to that person should be just as valid ...
[b]when should we reach out our hands to help others?
surely we should help because the refugee is in trouble .. they are not criminals, they mean us no harm ...
and who changed the environment anyway🙄[/b]
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/o_c_ref.htm
In it, which most (European) countries base the decision of offering the status of refugee to a person, there is no mention of environmental effects.
The law was adopted with East-block political refugees in mind, so matters such as starvation, foreign policy of third nations, wars and envirnoment were not in the scheme of things.
EDIT: Sorry about the languege, but I'm drunk.