“It was a progressive treaty that expanded on the definition of refugee among other advances, and it remains relevant half-a-century later,” said Cosmas Chanda, UNHCR’s representative to the African ...

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GENEVA – The 1951 Refugee Convention is the cornerstone of refugee protection and the work of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. It defines a refugee as a person who has fled his country because of a ...