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The article examines the alleged positive integration of flight and asylum into the history of international human rights. The history of human rights agreements for refugees is scrutinized, refugee rights since World War I are described, and information is offered on the July 28, 1951 signing in Geneva, Switzerland of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees refugee human rights accord. The alleged impact of the end of the Cold War on the reception of political refugees in foreign countries is emphasized.