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World Service,1 min

Why fleeing war doesn't actually make you a refugee

The Inquiry

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Professor Philip Cole says the UN Refugee Convention defines refugees too narrowly. (Photo: Migrants from Syria wait to cross into Croatia through the Serbian border. Credit: David Ramos/Getty Images.)

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