Use of the Word 'Refugee' Stirs Debate - Yahoo! News
Use of the Word 'Refugee' Stirs Debate - Yahoo! News: "President Bush, who has spent days trying to deflect criticism that he responded sluggishly to the disaster, weighed in on Tuesday. 'The people we're talking about are not refugees,' he said. 'They are Americans and they need the help and love and compassion of our fellow citizens.'
The 1951 U.N. Refugee Convention describes a refugee as someone who has fled across an international border to escape violence or persecution. But the Webster's New World Dictionary defines it more broadly as 'a person who flees from home or country to seek refuge elsewhere, as in a time of war or of political or religious persecution.'
The criticism has led several news organizations to ban the word in their Katrina coverage. Among them are The Washington Post and the Boston Globe."
The 1951 U.N. Refugee Convention describes a refugee as someone who has fled across an international border to escape violence or persecution. But the Webster's New World Dictionary defines it more broadly as 'a person who flees from home or country to seek refuge elsewhere, as in a time of war or of political or religious persecution.'
The criticism has led several news organizations to ban the word in their Katrina coverage. Among them are The Washington Post and the Boston Globe."
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