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refugee Any person who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country. For persons displaced within their own country, use DISPLACED PERSON (Cualquier persona que, teniendo motivos válidos para temer la persecución debido a su raza, religión, nacionalidad, afiliación a un grupo social determinado o a sus convicciones polìticas, se encuentra fuera del paìs de su nacionalidad y no puede o no desea valerse de la protección de ese paìs) |
