By definition:
an immigrant is a person who comes to a country to live there
and
a refugee is someone who has been
forced to leave a country because of war or for religious or political reasons
I do not believe these folks qualify as "refugees".
They have not been"
forced" to leave their country because of war or for religious or political reasons but have
chosen to "flee" (aka to run away from danger) their country.

For some reason another group of immigrants comes to mind.
When the country
they lived in was dominated by what they considered an intolerable government and way of life, they did not flee from this danger, but rather united, rose up and ousted the undesirables and created one of the greatest nations on earth.

Grow a pair and fix your problem, don't run away from it and become someone else's problem.
