Commentary: The world’s definition of ‘refugee’ shortchanges economic migrants
by Anthony Pahnke, Los Angeles Times
Jan 06, 2022
3 minutes
The U.S. and Europe are facing growing migration crises and humanitarian emergencies at overwhelmed borders — raising the question of how to legally authorize the flow of people who do not count as refugees.
People are regularly forced to leave their home countries for various reasons. It’s not just war, torture or persecution based on political views, race or religion that force people around the world to seek better lives elsewhere. Yet only those who fall in those narrow categories can apply for asylum as a route to living
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