{"id":3193,"date":"2019-07-29T17:05:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T17:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ecuador\/bienvenido-a\/acceso-a-la-condicion-de-personas-refugiada-asilo-y-tramites-migratorios\/quien-es-una-persona-refugiada\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T19:15:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T19:15:50","slug":"quien-es-una-persona-refugiada","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ecuador\/en\/bienvenido-a\/acceso-a-la-condicion-de-personas-refugiada-asilo-y-tramites-migratorios\/quien-es-una-persona-refugiada\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is a refugee?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"18\" data-end=\"182\">If you fled your country and cannot return because you or your family experienced violence or threats against your life, freedom, or security, you may be a refugee.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"184\" data-end=\"208\">You may be a refugee if:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"210\" data-end=\"361\">? You have suffered violence, abuse, or discrimination due to your race, religion, nationality, political opinions, or sexual orientation or identity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"363\" data-end=\"487\">? You have been a victim of sexual abuse or exploitation, female genital mutilation, forced marriage, or physical violence.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"489\" data-end=\"578\">? You were recruited to participate in a war or conflict, or were forced to use weapons.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"630\">? You have suffered torture or inhuman treatment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"632\" data-end=\"735\">? You have been affected by conflict or violence in your country and would be at risk if you returned.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"737\" data-end=\"881\">If this applies to you, you can request to be recognized as a refugee so that you are protected and not returned to the country you had to flee.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"883\" data-end=\"1021\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">If you believe you fit this description, you can apply for refugee status. Learn how at this link: <strong data-start=\"982\" data-end=\"1021\" data-is-last-node=\"\">How can I apply for refugee status?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you fled your country and cannot return because you or your family experienced violence or threats against your life, freedom, or security, you may be a refugee. You may be a refugee if: ? You have suffered violence, abuse, or discrimination due to your race, religion, nationality, political opinions, or sexual orientation or identity. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"parent":3190,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3193","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ecuador\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ecuador\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ecuador\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ecuador\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ecuador\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3193"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ecuador\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6002,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ecuador\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3193\/revisions\/6002"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ecuador\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ecuador\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}