There are three stages in the movement of refugees. Stage 1 is leaving their home. There are 22 million refugees throughout the world who are forced to flee their home country. 75% of these refugees are women and children. There are two categories for refugees. One type is people who flee their home country and cross into a neighbouring country. Another type is people who move into another part of their own country and these people are called internal refugees or displaced people. The majority of refugees come from developing countries like Afghanistan and Iraq.

Stage 2 in the movement of refugees is living in a refugee camp. There may be thousands of refugees livi

ng in one camp. An example of a refugee camp is Jazolai, a sprawling squalid refugee settlement near the mouth of Khyber Pass in Pakistan. These people are forced to live in poor conditions. The refugee camps are crowded and dirty; there is no shelter, little food and fresh water and disease. Some of these refugees will live in these conditions for their whole life and others may have a short stay after moving to another country.

The political and economic upheaval, deprivation of human rights, civil war, lack of food and other resources, remain in operation in the developing nations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The large-scale movement of refugees is bound to continue and even to intensify as the world's population continues to increase, mostly in the countries least able to provide for their inhabitants. The possibility of war in Iraq will also lead to a huge increase in refugees trying to find new homes.

In conclusion as discussed above “Refugees face great difficulties in life wherever they live”. Although the majority of refugees are fleeing a countr

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