NY Times: A Migration Juggernaut Is Headed for Europe

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17. Then call them what they are.

That's most of the problem.

People fleeing war-torn areas with just the shirt on their back get emotional brownie points. They're war refugees.

Those who have lived in an area and decide to cross multiple borders because they can profit from it don't. They're economic migrants.

They get different treatments, and should. Taking in one is a humanitarian obligation; the other is only accepted when either there's an invasion you're powerless and lack the will to stop or when it suits the host country.

The media knows the difference. And they intentionally (IMHO) confuse the two because, well, the idea of a non-German Germany appeals to them. Look at the press the Germans got during the Greek mess. Same for Slovakia, Hungary, and other "indigenous" and fairly homogeneous areas. It's like they're evil and sinful, morally tainted, for not being diverse. (Of course, if you're an approved community, this is necessary for survival. Some ethnicities deserve to exist, some don't, I guess.)

Mst of these refugees are fleeing the Assad/ISIS/Nusra conflict that's ravaging and destroying the cities of Turkey and Greece, Serbia and Macedonia and Lebanon. Many fled cities destroyed after they left; some left destroyed cities not because of danger but because of economic conditions.