| | :*A migrant typically is a person who leaves their home country and crosses borders, legally or illegally, in search of economic opportunity or betterment. Such persons are often deemed economic migrants. | | :*A migrant typically is a person who leaves their home country and crosses borders, legally or illegally, in search of economic opportunity or betterment. Such persons are often deemed economic migrants. |
| − | :*An asylum seeker is a special class of person who lived under a government the host country considers a human rights violator. The asylum seeker must claim a credible fear of political oppression and persecution from the government of his home country should he be returned. Ironically, the [[United Kingdom]] has been granting political asylum to Syrian [[jihad]]is and members of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] for decades,<ref>[https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/eastern-mediterranean/syria/tentative-jihad-syria-s-fundamentalist-opposition Tentative Jihad: Syria’s Fundamentalist Opposition], International Crisis Group Report 131, October 12, 2012. crisisgroup.org</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.refworld.org/pdfid/499aa06f2.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwjh1pf9g7HRAhVEyFQKHZ2XDYQFggaMAA&usg=AFQjCNE9sMqYJcjtkdd5KLNTAIibcgJkHg&sig2=Z6bj1EZgVhqLy-lifP5rXA SYRIA OGN v 4.0 Issued February 2009]. Home Office, UK Border Agency, Operation Guidance Note. See Section 3.8.8, for instance.</ref> groups that the governments of [[Russia]], [[Egypt]], and others have designated as [[terrorist]] organizations.<ref>[https://southfront.org/the-geopolitics-of-russia-egypt-relations/ THE GEOPOLITICS OF RUSSIA-EGYPT RELATIONS], J.Hawk, Daniel Deiss, Edwin Watson. October 27, 2916. southfront.org</ref> Such persons are often deemed political refugees. | + | :*An asylum seeker is a special class of person who lived under a government the host country considers a human rights violator. The asylum seeker must claim a credible fear of political oppression and persecution from the government of his home country should he be returned. Ironically, the [[United Kingdom]] has been granting [[political asylum]] to Syrian [[jihad]]is and members of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] for decades,<ref>[https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/eastern-mediterranean/syria/tentative-jihad-syria-s-fundamentalist-opposition Tentative Jihad: Syria’s Fundamentalist Opposition], International Crisis Group Report 131, October 12, 2012. crisisgroup.org</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.refworld.org/pdfid/499aa06f2.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwjh1pf9g7HRAhVEyFQKHZ2XDYQFggaMAA&usg=AFQjCNE9sMqYJcjtkdd5KLNTAIibcgJkHg&sig2=Z6bj1EZgVhqLy-lifP5rXA SYRIA OGN v 4.0 Issued February 2009]. Home Office, UK Border Agency, Operation Guidance Note. See Section 3.8.8, for instance.</ref> groups that the governments of [[Russia]], [[Egypt]], and others have designated as [[terrorist]] organizations.<ref>[https://southfront.org/the-geopolitics-of-russia-egypt-relations/ THE GEOPOLITICS OF RUSSIA-EGYPT RELATIONS], J.Hawk, Daniel Deiss, Edwin Watson. October 27, 2916. southfront.org</ref> Such persons are often deemed political refugees. |
| | :*Refugees generally are people forced from their homes due to the violence of war. Typically, as a humanitarian gesture, a host country may ease limitations and allow refugees to enter on either a temporary or permanent basis. Most illegal migrants currently entering Europe are claiming refugee status from the [[Syrian Civil War|Syrian war]], although many come from North and Central Africa, throughout the Middle East region, and as far away as [[Pakistan]] and [[Afghanistan]]. Some 80% of migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees lack documentation of their country of origin.<ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/678083/Germany-migrant-crisis-80-per-cent-no-documents-passport-registration Migrant crisis: 80% of migrants in Germany have no documents], Rebecca Perring and Monika Pallenberg, ''Daily Express'', June 9, 2016</ref> | | :*Refugees generally are people forced from their homes due to the violence of war. Typically, as a humanitarian gesture, a host country may ease limitations and allow refugees to enter on either a temporary or permanent basis. Most illegal migrants currently entering Europe are claiming refugee status from the [[Syrian Civil War|Syrian war]], although many come from North and Central Africa, throughout the Middle East region, and as far away as [[Pakistan]] and [[Afghanistan]]. Some 80% of migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees lack documentation of their country of origin.<ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/678083/Germany-migrant-crisis-80-per-cent-no-documents-passport-registration Migrant crisis: 80% of migrants in Germany have no documents], Rebecca Perring and Monika Pallenberg, ''Daily Express'', June 9, 2016</ref> |