jan 1, 1951 - Nations were encouraged to allow refugees
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Nations were encouraged to allow refugees the same rights to welfare, property, courts, fair treatment, education, and housing as national citizens, and to ‘as far as possible facilitate the assimilation and naturalisation of refugees’. Importance was ascribed to ‘the unity of the family’, encouraging nations to endeavour to unite family members or keep them together.
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Migration
The history of migration in the World
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