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Christian Allard SNP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷

Re @bbcsml Word choice matters
Are the terms ‘refugee’ and ‘migrant’ interchangeable?
No.
Journalists must not cause confusion and create an environment where refugees are demonised for exercising their right to seek asylum.
No one is illegal.
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@christia_allard furthermore, migrant is an abuse of language.

We have immigrants and emigrants, which suggests permanence.

Migrants are birds and seasonal workers who move with the seasons