● The UN Refugee Convention 1951 also known as Geneva Convention is a United Nations multilateral treaty that defines refugees and sets out the rights of individuals who are granted asylum and responsibilities of nations that grant asylum.
● The convention defines a refugee as a person who fled their homes and countries due to a well-founded fear of persecution because of his/her race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion is a refugee.
● The Convention also sets out which people do not qualify as refugees, such as war criminals.
● The cornerstone of the 1951 Refugee Convention is the principle of non-refoulement.According to this principle, a refugee should not be returned to a country where he or she faces serious threats to his or her life or freedom.
● India has signed neither the 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention nor its 1967 Protocol which has around 140 signatories
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