From the UN website:

Who is a refugee?

"A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war, or violence. A refugee has a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group. Most likely, they cannot return home or are afraid to do so. War and ethnic, tribal and religious violence are leading causes of refugees fleeing their countries."

So Syrians are definitely not migrants yet I don't see them being called refugees by the media either. I suppose if they were called refugees than it has an emotional impact which for one reason or another is not desired by those that pull the heart strings.

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I meant just in the 1930's and before Poland was invaded. Many Jewish 'refugees' got out and the diaspora went worldwide. My point being of course that just because some chose to go further afield than the nearest safe haven did not stop them being refugees. Any Syrians fleeing IS and murderous persecution by their own government who end up here or in Germany or elsewhere are not 'migrants' however much the media or others with an agenda try to make it so.

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Of the Migrants that claim asylum in Ireland, 92% are found not to be economic migrants and deported. I'm not sure how the rest of Europe adds up but I'd say figures like that make them say the word 'migrant.'

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I call them Cuckoos.

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Because they're just people moving from one country to another. Neither side of the political spectrum seem willing to drill down in to the where and why. That would be racial discrimination deciding who you don't want or opening the floodgates deciding who you do.

Edited by johnfirewall (24 Aug 2015 6.58pm)