### person | traveler | absentee | expat:

Refugee
* Many refugees come from parts of the world where torture is still prevalent
  - consider souls to be attached to different parts of the body
  - live in refugee camps
* Most refugees are in the developing world because that is where most conflicts are taking place
  - women, children and elderly people who require special attention
* are a commodity to be traded for political ends
  - problem in many areas of the world especially in Africa
  - symptom of a deeper malaise in the polities from which they have fled
* are also under pressure to leave their host countries or areas
  - vulnerable to abuse in the community such as organized crime, including extortion
* are among the most vulnerable groups in our world
  - members of society
  - as diverse a group as any other people
  - autochthonous populations expelled from their land
  - by definition people who have had to leave their homes
  - civilians
* are different from immigrants
  - economic migrants who come here to get a better life
  - everywhere, without possessions or a place to go
  - exiles
  - human beings who deserve to enjoy their human rights without discrimination
  - of every race and religion and can be found in every part of the world
  - part of the human family
* are people who have been forced by persecution and violence to leave their homes
  - to run away from their country
  - the living casualties of continued war and persecution in the world
  - victims of persecution and forcible displacement
  - without sanitation, food, water, and shelter
* are, by definition, angry, frustrated and bitter people.
* contribute positively to economic growth of countries of asylum.
* describe their lives in terms of abnormality.
* happen when ecumenicism fails, as when multi-ethnic Bosnia was fractured.
* have fewer rights than many persons charged with criminal acts.
* is an expat
* often come from a home environment different from that in which they seek sanctuary.
+ Human migration: Migration
  * These people are refugees, they move to other countries hoping to find help and asylum. Most refugees are illegal immigrants and more than half are children and women. They live in extreme poverty, lacking food, shelter, clothing, education and medical care.

### person | traveler | absentee | expat | refugee:

Afghan refugee
* are the largest and most forgotten groups of refugees in the world today.
* have a variety of reasons for wishing to remain in exile.
* live in squalor in Pakistani camps, dying daily of dehydration and heat stroke.

Palestinian refugee
* are the largest group of refugees worldwide.
* represent the largest refugee population in the world at present
  - oldest and largest refugee population in the world

Tibetan refugee
* Most Tibetan refugees live in India.
* follow strict guidelines on use of color, composition and symbols.

### person | traveler | absentee:

Expatriate
* Many expatriates living in Riyadh are from Muslim countries.
* are citizens of one country that work in another
  - often interesting people who have lived colourful and adventurous lives
  - subject to taxes in the countries where they reside, however
* generally find food and semidurables to be relatively inexpensive.
* have freedom from foreign anti-trust laws.
* is an absentee
* person employed and living in another country other than their home country.
* routinely move in when they fear trouble.
* spend most of their free time on the weekends diving or fishing.
* work in a nation other than their home country
  - mainly in the oil and mining industries and associated service companies