Distinguishing between economic migrants and asylum seekers is a challenging and time-consuming task for the agency. In 2014, out of 25,870 applications for asylum in 2014, 15,820, or 61.2% were ...

Don’t know economic migrants from asylum seekers? CNN explains the differences that often get lost in the debate over Europe’s crisis.

Refugees and economic migrants are commonly mistaken to be the same people moving from country to country. In one minute, learn why we need to understand the unique plight of refugees and what some of ...

It's 'the difference between push and pull.'Migrants vs. refugees, in economic terms It's 'the difference between push and pull.' ...

A less pronounced increase in non-displaced, international migrants occurred in Israel. There, the total number of international migrants increased by 79,000 between 2005 and 2015. Some people moved ...

On the surface, the distinction between a refugee and an economic migrant makes sense. For the former, the contractual bond with the country of birth has been irreparably broken.

Views of immigration are highly contingent on the migrants’ country of origin and method of entry, the receiving country’s economic circumstances, and of course, the host population’s ...

Rethinking and reshaping global migration systems post-pandemic through a human security lens could be the difference between economic rebound and stagnation. Not doing so could also have grave ...

Refugees and migrants are generally blamed for the social and economic ills of society, including rising crime and unemployment.

Our modern-day definitions of displaced people emerged during the Cold War as a product of anti-communism.

Refugees are also entitled to asylum under EU law -- a right not ascribed to migrants. What is the difference between refugees and migrants?

Armed conflict in countries such as Syria, Iraq and Yemen has displaced millions of people since 2005. This increase in the number of displaced people, including those displaced within their own birth ...