Still, because they are not officially recognized as refugees, they are deemed migrants. A migrant is an individual who is purposefully on the move in search of a better life, but arguably could return home if they chose. An immigrant is an individual who willingly leaves their country of origin for any number of reasons and legally enters another country, where they are granted permission to permanently resettle.
Migration can occur within the borders of the same country, or cross international borders, while immigration occurs when crossing an international border and becoming a permanent resident in another country. A refugee is someone who was forced to flee because their home country is unsafe and their government cannot or will not protect them. An asylum seeker is someone who is seeking protection in another country but has not yet obtained official refugee status. Their reasons for leaving home are often due to war or persecution as well.
Refugees have been forced to leave their home, while an immigrant chooses to leave. Some are eventually resettled in a new place. It matters what labels we use, what terms we apply. It changes our perceptions, it creates a narrative.
It can incite fear or invoke sympathy. But what matters even more is that we not lose sight of the humanity of people, no matter what label is applied. Each person has a name, a face, a family, a history. When we bury people in rhetoric, when we dehumanize with a term, we strip others of dignity, we change the way they are seen and heard and loved. But when we pull off the mantle of labels, when we allow people to move past assumptions, past false narratives, they are able to reclaim their story, their humanity.
We allow them to rise. Update: an earlier version of this post included people fleeing natural disasters as a definition of refugee. This is incorrect and the post has since been updated. Tagged: immigration internally displaced people migrants Refugees.
New here? Create an account. Every day, people around the world make the difficult decision to leave their countries in search of safety and better lives. Currently, there are These are refugees and asylum seekers. There are others who are looking for jobs or an education—they are usually called migrants—and people who want to live permanently in another country—immigrants. A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her home because of war, violence or persecution, often without warning.
They are unable to return home unless and until conditions in their native lands are safe for them again. An official entity such as a government or the United Nations Refugee Agency determines whether a person seeking international protection meets the definition of a refugee, based on well-founded fear.
There are more than 1. This family shelters in an unfinished building. Those who obtain refugee status are given protections under international laws and conventions and lifesaving support from aid agencies, including the International Rescue Committee.
Refugees in the U. Meet Salam Bunyan, who was forced to flee Iraq after receiving death threats from extremists. Asylum seekers must apply for protection in the country of destination—meaning they must arrive at or cross a border in order to apply.
Then, they must be able to prove to authorities there that they meet the criteria to be covered by refugee protections. Currently migrants wishing to claim asylum in the UK cannot do so from their home country , they have to apply for asylum on UK territory.
The reality is that the majority of prospective asylum seekers in the UK are forced to resort to irregular migration in order to be able to make their asylum claim in the first place.
An economic migrant is not a legal classification, but rather an umbrella term for a wide array of people that move from one country to another to advance their economic and professional prospects. For example, Mark Carney , governor of the Bank of England, could be classified as an economic migrant just as much as a young Senegalese man trying to jump on a lorry in Calais.
The UK, like most countries with advanced economies , has specific policies in place to facilitate the mobility of highly skilled professionals and investors into their respective national economy. These people are considered desirable migrants and are identified as expatriates.
When the term economic migrants is used, it generally refers to the unskilled and semi-skilled individuals from impoverished countries in the global south. Economic migrants are not eligible for asylum under the Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. However, any migrant arriving on UK territory has the right to have their asylum claim reviewed.
This is a human right. Distinguishing between economic migrants and asylum seekers is a challenging and time-consuming task for the agency.
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