صحافة التفسير والخلفية

How we talk about people moving from country to country and why it matters.

The fate of the vast flow of people heading from the Middle East and North Africa to Europe may depend on what we call them - but the definitions are becoming blurred

The terms are sometimes used interchangeably, but international law distinguishes between people fleeing war and persecution and others, affecting how they are treated in foreign countries.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organisation dedicated to saving lives and protecting the rights of refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.