What is the difference between an Asylum Seeker and a Refugee?
Posted on February 23rd, 2010 by admin
Here in the UK it would appear the establishment can’t tell the difference.
& the general public just have to stand by & watch as essential services, hospitals, schools & such like, are given away to all-comers, regardless of their lack of input into the system, should anyone object just call them selfish racists.
It also doesn’t pay to mention that not all asylum-seekers/immigrants/refugees mean us no harm.
For that we’re called paranoid, selfish & racist!
February 23rd, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Who are asylum seekers and refugees?
An asylum seeker is someone who has fled their own country and applies to the government of another country for protection as a refugee.
According to the United Nations Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (the Refugee Convention), a refugee is someone who is outside their own country and cannot return due to a well-founded fear of persecution because of their:
race
religion
nationality
membership of a particular social group
political opinion.
The term ‘asylum seekers’ refers to all people who apply for refugee protection, whether or not they are officially determined to be refugees.
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February 23rd, 2010 at 6:03 pm
asylum seekers are being sought by their government because of a political crime – ie freedom of speach.
refugee’s are looking for a better life – a chance – a opportunity.
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February 23rd, 2010 at 6:40 pm
A Refugee is someone who seeks refuge in a foreign country because of war and violence, or out of fear of persecution "on account of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group.
Until a request for refuge has been accepted, the person is referred to as an asylum seeker.
An Immigrant is a person brought into a population or country from another country normally due to the lack of the skills or a shortage of workers in a certain profession in the host country, for instance.
Or in the UK bringing in voters as it’s known.
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February 23rd, 2010 at 7:05 pm
Its already been answered.
Dont you know your own Treaties ?
Anyway it is merely a status.
Something the western world has become obsessed about recently.
The people concerned are all human beings.
Our brothers and sisters seeking help.
I have met some of the most enlightening inspiring people.
Who are in that situation.
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February 23rd, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Here in the UK it would appear the establishment can’t tell the difference.
& the general public just have to stand by & watch as essential services, hospitals, schools & such like, are given away to all-comers, regardless of their lack of input into the system, should anyone object just call them selfish racists.
It also doesn’t pay to mention that not all asylum-seekers/immigrants/refugees mean us no harm.
For that we’re called paranoid, selfish & racist!
References :
February 23rd, 2010 at 7:42 pm
Asylum Seekers are applying to be allowed to remain for safety reasons. Refugees are those who have already been granted permission to take up residency following asylum.
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