what's wrong with using the term 'migrants'? It's descriptive, i.e. people migrating from one country to another are migrants. Some are refugees, but not all.
Migrants has come to describe those who leave a country voluntarily to say look for work or because they fell in love.
Refugee's are people displaced and fleeing war as these people from Syria and Eritrea are.
we can choose to deal with the problem at source by giving overseas aid to ensure refugee camps are in better condition, plus leaning on Iran and Saudi to start helping. So far they've done jack sh1t to help their so-called 'Muslim brothers'.
Just because others abdicate their responsibilities to help other human beings doesn't excuse us from helping either. I don't give jack s**t what Saudi or Iran do but I care about what my government are doing or not doing and so I mailed every politician in Dáil Éireann today including TD's and Senators. I also mailed all Irish MEP's. I am also actively online with others looking at whether it is feasible to set up something like in Iceland where we open our homes and provide some assistance for fellow human beings. I'm not going to sit on my arse and say it's terrible and someone should sort it. I will not be quiet anymore.
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