In theory and according to international law, the UNHCR is supposed to protect and provide for the basic needs of asylum seekers while they wait for a hearing to decide their fate.
BANGKOK, Thailand, -- More than half the 14 million refugees and asylum-seekers under the mandate of the United Nations refugee agency world-wide do not actually live in the camps they are associated with. A growing number live illegally in cities and towns around the world. Across Asia alone, from India to the Pacific islands, there are about half a million such "urban refugees" according to the UN agency. Christian Freedom International has documented the plight of Christian refugees from Pakistan in a newly released video.
