About the Non/Sense of Distinguishing between Migrants and Refugees

While in policy and public, it is often taken for granted to distinguish between migrants and refugees, researchers and practitioners tend to reject a simple dichotomy, and struggle to assign clear labels to the opalescent realities. In this panel debate, hosted by IMIS, we aim to shed light on the diverse legal, scholarly and discursive practices and carve out lines of controversies to better understand the reasoning behind the different approaches.