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refugee
(redirected from Economic refugee)

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See: alien


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Within Catholic social teaching Popes John XXIII (Peace on Earth) and Paul VI (Call to Action) further argued that not only political but also economic refugees should have the right to emigrate and immigrate and that nations everywhere had a moral duty to try and receive as many of these citizens as reasonably possible.
But now, with the lines blurred between political and economic refugees and the closure of borders, more emphasis is given to voluntary repatriation.
 
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