jonathonmurula
refugees
I find it difficult to find any reasons. Canada has historically received many more refugees than other countries.
Refugees flee their home countries mainly due to war, persecution, violence, and human rights abuses.
Migrant workers are new temporary workers for (usually) financial reasons. Refugees are new permanent workers for (usually) political reasons.
Because Ethiopia's government collapsed and the refugees may have been persecuted there as well.
Refugees are people who have been forced by various reasons to pack up and get out. I consider myself a refugee, although I was able to salvage more than others. It could have been anyone else instead, or it could be you someday. Think about that.
The Refugees was created in 1893.
Refugees is a noun
To some extent they did help. For example, between 1933 and 1941 the US admitted about 250,000 refugees from Germany and Austria, and Britain admitted 71,000 between 1933 and 1939. (These figures include refugees who were not Jewish, but were fleeing for purely political reasons). Factors influencing both governments included unemployment. Obviously, given the scale of the problem, these numbers were small.
"The Refugees" by Viet Thanh Nguyen has 224 pages.
a poem on refugees
In general refugees are from the country from which they have fled.