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While most refugees are driven from their home by conflict, anybody who flees out of fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, or membership of a particular social group or political opinion is entitled to protection by the 140+ countries that have signed the Geneva Convention. There are now about 10 million international refugees, 20 million displaced in their own countries, and about 11 million "stateless" people, who have no country to call home.
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  • Displaced Kenyans Forced Out of Camps
    Still unable to return home: At a camp for internally displaced people in Nairobi. © Allan Gichigi/IRINStill unable to return home: At a camp for internally displaced people in Nairobi. © Allan Gichigi/IRIN
    07/22/2008

    Thousands of Kenyans displaced by post-election violence, who say they lack the resources to rebuild their homes and businesses, are being forced out of camps by the government and dwindling aid from international organizations.

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