The issue of refugees has generated much controversy in the International Humanitarian Law (IHL). The plight of refugees has over recent years become a formidable problem of global significance and implications. It is against this background that this paper seeks to critically examine the problems relating to refugees with a view of proffering requisite prescriptions. The paper adopts a descriptive analytical method of analysis. Our findings revealed that though there are multifarious problems associated with refugee issue which borders on lack of security, hostility, poor standard of living etc. The paper concludes that these problems are not insurmountable and therefore proffered requisite prescriptions that will go a long way to ameliorate the problems confronting the refugees globally.