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In recent years, however, they have come to be perceived as a threat to the well-being and security of the host country and those people living there who have the right of citizenship. 2 Almost every book or article on the subject of refugee law begins with statistics indicating the growing number of refugees (usually with a note that most refugees are from African countries), a comment about the causes of refugee movement, followed by the assertion that there is little evidence that numbers of refugees will decline significantly in the foreseeable future. Nations, particularly those in the developed world, 3 are involved in an attempt to reconcile national self-interest with the commitment to sheltering \"the huddled masses\"4 of forced migrants. 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In recent years, however, they have come to be perceived as a threat to the well-being and security of the host country and those people living there who have the right of citizenship. 2 Almost every book or article on the subject of refugee law begins with statistics indicating the growing number of refugees (usually with a note that most refugees are from African countries), a comment about the causes of refugee movement, followed by the assertion that there is little evidence that numbers of refugees will decline significantly in the foreseeable future. Nations, particularly those in the developed world, 3 are involved in an attempt to reconcile national self-interest with the commitment to sheltering "the huddled masses"4 of forced migrants. 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