&gt; Allegedly many of the migrants are economic refugees in addition to or instead of political ones.<p>Whether one can be defined as &quot;economic refugee&quot; is questionable. One is not going to get asylum anywhere in Europe because one is fleeing from &quot;unemployment&quot;. The expression makes little sense. These are economical migrants, who came to Europe illegally for the most, especially those who can afford to go back home because Germany didn&#x27;t give them the job, the house and the welfare they thought they were entitled to.