And the Dublin Convention in fact relates only to the first country of refuge.

Without legal status in their country of refuge, their lack of papers meant they were unable to go anywhere else.

But in his country of refuge, Mr. Akilov found that his extended family could afford only one shabby two-bedroom apartment in Queens.

The Geneva Convention on Refugees of 1951 defined refugees, accorded them specific rights, and prohibited their refoulement (or forcible return) from countries of refuge.

His determination and fierce loyalty to his country of refuge eventually result in a position in the White House, as a protégé of Henry Kissinger.

JDC provided emergency aid for stranded refugees; covered travel expenses and landing fees; and secured travel accommodations and all-important visas for countries of refuge.

He helped numerous of them to find a country of refuge, with the help of the oldest agency dealing with refugees in the United States, the HIAS.

We've been the country of refuge, which takes in the poor or the downtrodden, from North Africa or Iraq or the Soviet Union, and gives them room in our house."

Although Lebanon is still, fortunately, a country of refuge for Palestinians, the absence of a foreseeable fair, sustainable solution aggravates the situation of great social distress in which hundreds of thousands of refugees find themselves.

Thousands of Mozambican refugees in South Africa are opting to stay in their country of refuge rather than return under a mass-repatriation scheme which started in April, the UNHCR said Monday.

Ashkenazi Jews continued immigrating to Azerbaijan until the late 1940s, with a number of them being World War II evacuees from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus who chose to stay in their country of refuge.

Europe is, however, saying to Brazil that to fail to extradite a common criminal and communist like Battisti, who today even in prison dares to mock his victims, would be to downgrade itself to a country of refuge for the worst criminals and terrorists.

Tibetan exiles in Nepal, fearful that their country of refuge will grow more dependent on China because of an Indian economic blockade, say they are worried about their future in this land, where they are prohibited from taking part in anti-Chinese activities.

In spite of the political persecutions after 1848, political or ideological refugees formed only a small fraction of mass emigration, even in 1849-54, though at one time the radicals among them controlled half the German-language press of the United States, which they used to denounce their country of refuge.