The Russian Federation's Law on Refugees defines who is a refugee for purposes of obtaining asylum in the country. The Law defines a refugee as a "person...

of Refugees or regionally applicable refugee laws—such as the European Convention on Human Rights, if within the European Union. The terms asylum seeker...

definition of 'refugee' as established in the 1951 Refugee Convention and is understood to protect asylum seekers from deportation and grant them certain...

shelter refugees."  Russia – The Russian government gave $24 million for refugees[citation needed] and granted asylum to over 1,000. About 5,000 refugees have...

Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees. Before asylum is granted, an asylum seeker may be recognized as a refugee according...

granted temporary asylum in Russia for one year. On August 7, 2014, six days after Snowden's one-year temporary asylum expired, his Russian lawyer announced...

formally make a claim for asylum. Internally Displaced People (IDPs) are often called refugees, but they are distinguished from refugees because they have not...

claims adjudicated. A refugee is a person holding refugee status based on the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. An asylum seeker is a person...

A refugee crisis can refer to difficulties and/or dangerous situations in the reception of large groups of refugees. These could be forcibly displaced...

An ongoing refugee crisis began in Europe in late February 2022 after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Over 6 million refugees fleeing Ukraine are recorded...

Chechen IDPs, Asylum Seekers& Refugees in Europe, European Council on Refugees and Exiles Georgia: UNHCR closely monitoring Chechen refugees' situation,...

'Little Kabul'". Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "UNHCR struggles to find solutions for Afghan asylum seekers in Russia". UNHCR. Retrieved...

hosted the most Ukrainian refugees, with an estimated 9,902 Ukrainian citizens, 531 refugees in Mexico City and 18 refugees in Cancún, crossing the border...

processes and to manage issues concerning asylum and refugee status in the European Union. The European Union gained authority to legislate in the area...

refugees and migrants into Europe, mostly from the Middle East. An estimated 1.3 million people came to the continent to request asylum, the most in a...

of Refugees are "reasonable grounds" of "danger to the security of the country" or "danger to the community of that country". Unlike political asylum, which...

provisions and the handling of refugees and asylum seekers wanting to enter a country, and/or subsequently staying there for a long period of time, in this...

"Refugees as weapons" is a term used to describe a hostile government organizing, or threatening to organize, a sudden influx of refugees into another...

The first official North Korean refugees entered the United States on May 5, 2006.[dubious – discuss] These six refugees were the first since the North...

with Russia, amid a sudden increase in asylum seekers seeking to enter Finland via Russia. Finland accused Russia of deliberately using refugees as weapons...

defines who a refugee is and sets out the rights of individuals who are granted asylum and the responsibilities of nations that grant asylum. The convention...

(either as refugees or protected persons). Refugees may also be resettled from offshore through New Zealand's Refugee Quota Programme. In 2017/18 a community...

than a week in airports. The reasons are usually protesting, asylum seeking or having difficulty with visas and passports.   Currently in the airport...

Afghan refugees since the start of the Soviet–Afghan War in 1979; the largest numbers temporarily reside in Iran. As stateless refugees or asylum seekers...

asylum applications for Iraqi refugees, only 8.3 percent were accepted. Some sources claim there to be just around 40,000 Iraqi refugees residing in Germany...

Refugees in Romania have arrived in multiple waves throughout Romania's history. Historical waves of refugees include the Armenians who fled the Ottoman...

of refugees and asylum seekers who came to Poland in the period 1945–1989 was around 20,000–30,000 individuals. Following the fall of communism in 1989...

North Koreans in Russia consist mainly of three groups: international students, guest workers, and defectors and refugees. A 2006 study by Kyung Hee University...

of refugees, asylum seekers, and other forcibly displaced persons in Europe and in Europe’s external policies. The European Council on Refugees and Exiles...

be used in exceptional circumstances when the regular EU asylum system has trouble handling a "mass influx" of refugees. It was introduced in the aftermath...