Refugee: Refugees and Pecking Order

refugee: Maybe they're above Pakistani migrant labourers that mingle within the flowing stream of refugees from Syria and Iraq, all struggling upstream to get into the calmer waters of Europe - but that is another story, according to Vancouver Observer. Afghan refugees are in a terrible bind. While much attention is given to the world refugee crisis, Afghans appear to be treated as being the lowest on the pecking order in Greek refugee camps. They're often not able to legally access help since not considered "real" refugees. But western governments have poured billions of dollars and guns into Afghanistan, and so to recognize them as refugees would appear to be an admission that it remains a failed state. And yet they are deserving of protection nonetheless since the reality of their persecution at the hand of Taliban fanatics is comparable to what experienced by Syrians. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.