NGO Acronym for NonGovernmental Organization. When a person is forcibly returned to the home country where his or her life or freedom would be threatened. Persons meeting that definition may be eligible for political asylum or refugee status. A significant number of refugees sharing a similar background is referred to as a refugee community. The term economic refugee is sometimes used to describe someone who does not meet the refugee definition because his or her survival is threatened not by persecution but by conditions like poverty or famine.
Voluntary repatriation is when a person chooses to return to the home country.
This may occur when the danger that threatened the person has ended. Involuntary repatriation, forced repatriation, or refoulement occurs when a person is forced to return to the home country against his or her will. Resettlement occurs when the refugee has no hope of returning safely to the home country. People waiting to be moved from the country of first asylum are often kept in resettlement camps until a place of resettlement can be found in another country. A person who enters or stays in a country without legal permission.