DEFINITIONS
REFUGEE
UNHCR: Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention defines a refugee as: “someone who is unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion.”
(UNHCR, 2022)
IMMIGRANT
An immigrant is different. The main similarity is that both the immigrant and refugee comes from another country different from their current locations. However, immigration is planned and not abrupt. The motivation is for taking up employment either temporarily or permanently, or establishing habitat within a chosen foreign country.
(Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia, 2016)
ASYLEE
An asylee is an immigrant. However, like refugees, the asylee uses evidence of past persecution and fear, to find protection and regularize their residence in their new country. The asylee however, like the immigrant, travels in a planned and prepared manner, and not abruptly like the refugee.
(Immigration Equality, 2016).