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Useful Definitions
Refugee:
Any person who is outside his or her country of nationality who is unable or unwilling to return to that country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution. Persecution or the fear thereof may be based on the alien's race,religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group,or political opinion. People with no nationality must be outsidetheir country of last habitual residence to qualify as a refugee.Refugees are exempt from numerical limitation (though worldwideceilings by geographic area are set annually by the President)and are eligible to adjust to lawful permanent residence afterone year of continuous presence in the United States. Althoughthese aliens are considered nonimmigrants when initially admitted
to the United States, refugees are not included in nonimmigrantadmission data.
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