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> anyone that seeks a better future to avoid problems in their own country is a refugee, which could be a point of view but not one I (or dictionaries) agree wi
by austinjp 3y ago
> anyone that seeks a better future to avoid problems in their own country is a refugee, which could be a point of view but not one I (or dictionaries) agree with.
Um that's literally the definition of a refugee. Or perhaps your definition of "problems" needs clarifying?
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/refugee https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/refugee
https://www.unrefugees.org/refugee-facts/what-is-a-refugee/ https://www.unrefugees.org/refugee-facts/what-is-a-refugee/
- 4gotunameagain 3y agoForced to flee Were the pakistanis forced to flee, or chose to do so ? Other definitions range from : a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. to A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a person who has lost the protection of his or her country of origin and who cannot or is unwilling to return there due to well-founded fear of persecution.
- austinjp 3y agoI'm not following your point, or are you 'just asking questions'? Pakistan is certainly a place some people would want to flee from, Malala Yousafzai being the most obvious example of the terrors that have happened there.
- 4gotunameagain 3y agoYou simply cannot equate an attempted murder of an activist to full blown war or natural disasters. Do you remember Anders Breivik ? Can you claim that Swedish people moving abroad are refugees ?
- austinjp 3y agoHuh. I just noticed this reply. Very odd. I certainly wouldn't equate Brevik with the Taliban. I've no idea what your point is. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistani_Taliban https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistani_Taliban