Why the Modern-day Concept of ‘Refugee’ is Inherently Flawed

As the world moves into the 21st Century with more than XX persons displaced from their home country, perhaps the concept of “What is a refugee?” needs to be re-examined. More than fifty years after the fact we are still accepting the archaic definition of refugee from the 1951 Geneva Convention. Though it may have been applicable in post-war Europe, the definition has e...