Why the hell has US agreed to take in migrants whom Australia is keeping at Nauru?

[laughing dog]

Your "they aren't refugees if they aren't escaping from a war" won't go down to well in southern Florida with all of the Cuban refugees.

It also won't go down well in the international law community. The term refugee applies to anyone who

owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it

( Refugee). This is easy to look up, which makes one wonder the reasons for such widespread and persistent ignorance on the topic.

 

[Elixir]

This is easy to look up, which makes one wonder the reasons for such widespread and persistent ignorance on the topic.

Crowd sizes are so much more interesting and easier to comprehend.