Glossary

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G

Geneva Refugee Convention

Intergovernmental treaty of 1951 defining who should be granted refugee status, their rights and states’ obligations in relation to the protection of refugees.

Gentrification

The influx of middle-class people displacing lower-class worker residents in urban neighbourhoods.

Ghetto

An area where, as a consequence of racist forces within the dominant society (1), a particular ethnic or racial group forms (almost) the whole population (2) and where most members of that particular group are housed (3).