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Originally Posted by blankall
"Refugees" would include all the displaced people from the Syrian war. The vast majority of whom remain in places like Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan.
"Migrants" are people migrating into Europe, many of who are Syrian refugees.
It's two separate concepts.
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No its not.
Its political jargon used to downplay the situations these humans are in.
"Migrant is a word that strips suffering people of voice. Substituting refugee for it is – in the smallest way – an attempt to give some back."
http://www.aljazeera.com/blogs/edito...082226309.html