Peter Pedant - “... two million syrians who are refugees and some have come here ! ...”
I'm always fascinated by the “refugee” argument.
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the definition of a “refugee” someone who is fleeing their country of origin (or their adopted country of origin) in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster? If so, the first 'safe' country they come across would be the only country with which to first lay a claim of 'asylum'?
If such a claim were upheld and then said applicant chose to travel to a neighbouring country in order to find work (or for any other reason), he/she would – by definition – cease to be an asylum seeker/refugee? When that happened, he/she would – by definition – become an economic migrant. The logic of this is irrefutable. Once a person is accepted into a country as a refugee and then chooses to leave that country by their own volition, their refugee status is logically, legally and morally revoked.
They are then ex-refugees and by logical extension, migrants.