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Refugee Day is sponsored by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The 2003 celebration focused on children.

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Refugee shipsIn the Baltic Sea during WW II several ships that were loaded with evacuees have been torpedoed and sunk. Some of them are the Cap Arcona, the KdF Ship Wilhelm Gustloff, the Goya and the General von Steuben. Each of these ships was carrying thousands of G	RefugeeUnder international law, a refugee is a person who is outside his/her country of nationality or habitual residence; has a well-founded fear of persecution because of his/her race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political	Refugee ActThe 1980 Refugee Act reformed United States immigration law and admitted refugees on systematic basis for humanitarian reasons. A 1985 ceiling of 70,000 refugees, 270,000 immigrants total 20,000 from any one country was established. External link .
Refugee DayRefugee Day is sponsored by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The 2003 celebration focused on children.	Refugees InternationalRefugees International is an NGO headed by Larry Thompson. The organization provides advocacy, assessment, and preventive and supportive actions in three phases of population disruption and deplacement: Danger and Flight (Early warning; Protection; Assist	Refugee campA refugee camp is a camp built up by governments or NGOs (such as the ICRC) to receive refugees. Since refugee camps are generally set up in an impromotu fashion, and designed to meet basic human needs for a short time, when civil war or other problems pr
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