The difference between the refugees and migrants is:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Both leave their home: where refugees flee from war, natural disaster or political persecution, migrants are those who voluntarily leave their home countries.
Option (1) Both flee from their homes: whereas migrants leave their country, refugees remain within the national borders — Incorrect. People who flee their homes but remain within national borders are called ‘internally displaced people’, not refugees; refugees leave their country of origin.
Option (2) Both leave their countries: where refugees are not accepted by the States, migrants are accepted by the States generally — Incorrect. It is the reverse: States are generally supposed to accept refugees, but they do not have to accept migrants.
Option (3) Both leave the countries: whereas refugees voluntarily enter a country, migrants enter forcefully — Incorrect. Migrants are the ones who leave voluntarily; refugees are forced out by war, disaster or persecution.
Option (4) Both leave their home: where refugees flee from war, natural disaster or political persecution, migrants are those who voluntarily leave their home countries. — Correct. International law and norms make this very distinction between migrants (those who voluntarily leave their home countries) and refugees (those who flee from war, natural disaster or political persecution).
NCERT (2025-26): “New Sources of Threats … Poverty in the South has also led to large-scale migration to seek a better life, especially better economic opportunities, in the North. This has created international political frictions. International law and norms make a distinction between migrants (those who voluntarily leave their home countries) and refugees (those who flee from war, natural disaster or political persecution). States are generally supposed to accept refugees, but they do not have to accept migrants.…” |