2023/05/15 by Jørgen Carling · 6 citations
Social Sciences · Psychology · #Migration, Refugees, and Integration #Migration, Health and Trauma
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/imig.13147
Since 2015, the phrase 'refugees and migrants' has become a mainstay of policy discussions, media coverage and academic publications.The phrase is a cause for concern because it subtly undermines the meaning of 'migrants', with negative consequences for policy, analysis, and people on the move.The heart of the matter is a disagreement over who 'migrants' are.Traditionally, policymakers, practitioners and scholars have understood an international migrant to be anyone who has moved away from their country of usual residence with the intention or expectation of staying for some time, irrespective of the reasons for migrating.Consequently, international students, oversees contract workers, refugees, and other groups with specific vulnerabilities and rights are included under the umbrella term 'migrants'.The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) has vehemently opposed this understanding.Specifically, UNHCR argues that refugees are not a subcategory of migrants.Rather, 'migrants' are understood as the residual, highly diverse group of all people on the move except refugees.Hence, we can denote the two definitions of 'migrants' inclusivist and residualist, respectively (Figure 1).'Refugee' or 'migrant' -Which is right?' www.unhcr.org/news/latest/2016/7/55df0 e556/unhcr -viewp oint-refug eemigra nt-right.html.2 Reported by the Guardian's Patrick Kingsley in a subsequently deleted Tweet.See also https://deeply.thene whuma nitar ian.org/refug