International Migrants Day
Today is International Migrants Day. Many people become confused when talking about migrants, refugees and asylum seekers especially since those terms have become entangled with the word “illegal”. So I thought today would be a good day for people to really look at the meaning of those labels and the rights that each of those individuals have.
Amnesty has a very clear and concise article called Refugees have rights which explains what the terms mean and what rights people have.
Please take five minutes to read it. Further reading on International Migrants Day can be found here and here with plenty of links to other information.
Technorati Tags: amnesty international, asylum, asylum seeker, human rights, immigrants, immigration, migrants, international migrants day, refugee
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Reader Comments
thanks for posting this devious. I’m off to check it out–