Published:
February 26, 2026
Last Updated:
February 26, 2026

Refugee Definition Infosheets

Infosheets explaining the definition of a refugee under international and national law.

Languages Available:

Albanian, Arabic, Bangla, English, Farsi, French, Lingala, Pashto, Somali, Turkish, Urdu

These info sheets explain what it means when you make an asylum claim, and the legal definition of a refugee.

Thank you to:

Kieran Tam, for his pro-bono work designing these infosheets (kierantam@gmail.com).

The volunteer law students from the BPP Legal Translation Service who assisted us pro-bono with translation.

And to the following people for their pro-bono assistance with proofreading and finalising the translations:

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