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beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
35,264
heard about this, its a n interesting approach. its always stuck me as odd seeing pictures of refugees with charged, high spec mobile phones, clearly many have more assets than they like to portray.
 




happypig

Staring at the rude boys
May 23, 2009
7,934
Eastbourne
heard about this, its a n interesting approach. its always stuck me as odd seeing pictures of refugees with charged, high spec mobile phones, clearly many have more assets than they like to portray.

If you had to flee your home, One of the first things you'd take is your mobile.
 


Stat Brother

Well-known member
NSC Patreon
Jul 11, 2003
73,363
West west west Sussex
Most, if not all of them, can even afford clothes, gotta wonder why they are bothering to leave home in the first place.
 




beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
35,264
If you had to flee your home, One of the first things you'd take is your mobile.

how is it still charged after weeks of travel? most smart phones barely make it through a day if used.
 


Meade's Ball

Well-known member
Jul 7, 2003
13,612
Hither (sometimes Thither)
If you had to flee your home, One of the first things you'd take is your mobile.

But surely any professional refugee would swap their mobile for a cheaper tatty model - maybe an old Nokia that we in the west decide is only newly released in the "third world" - when escaping their wartorn surroundings to avoid the suspicions of certain onlookers.
 


drew

Drew
Oct 3, 2006
23,007
Burgess Hill
What's the difference between an economic migrant and a refugee?
Economic migrants won't go to Switzerland or Denmark.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...n-seizing-assets-from-refugees-to-cover-costs

Surely an economic migrant is someone who leaves where they live to move somewhere else to earn more money. A refugee is someone who has been displaced by circumstances, whether that be war or famine etc. You could be very rich but if you home is in the middle of a war zone, you are going to leave.
 




Exile

Objective but passionate
Aug 10, 2014
2,367
Surely an economic migrant is someone who leaves where they live to move somewhere else to earn more money. A refugee is someone who has been displaced by circumstances, whether that be war or famine etc. You could be very rich but if you home is in the middle of a war zone, you are going to leave.

Well quite.

Much as it might not fit the distinct pigeon-holes, some would prefer to use.
 


RexCathedra

Aurea Mediocritas
Jan 14, 2005
3,498
Vacationland
Refugee status is defined by the UN -- someone who "owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality, and is unable to, or owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself, of the protection of that country."
 


Exile

Objective but passionate
Aug 10, 2014
2,367
Refugee status is defined by the UN -- someone who "owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality, and is unable to, or owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself, of the protection of that country."

What does it say about permitted brands of mobile phone?
 



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