Shauny... can you explain WHY they should use the word refugee? If you look at the UN definitions, a refugee is a person fleeing somewhere in fear of their lives, and a migrant is someone moving to improve their quality of life (usually to improve their economic position). Now, if we assume we are talking only about the syrians, and not the other people moving through Europe, they are undoubtedly refugees when they leave Syria. However, they then choose NOT to register in the UN camps, or with the authorities of the bordering countries, and they move on. That is when they become migrants - leaving one safe place for another to improve their quality of life. Whether they are entitled to or not is a different issue, I am merely asking why you think they should be called refugees regardless of where they are at the time...