My initial reaction (and I could be wrong) is religious persecution is often actively state sponsored (albeit behind the scenes). Economic adversity decisions are at an individual level although the economic adversity has general societal causes, not necessarily driven by the state.
--- On Sun, 7/29/12, Frederick FN Noronha wrote: > So "religious persecution" is a good enough reason, but economic > adversity is not? Who sets this agenda? This is precisely my point, > though our thinking on this is seen to be very natural and neutral. > > I wonder what hundreds of thousands of Goans who left home > for the latter reason would think about it. Some of whom are also > trapped in this same Indian "nationalist" reasoning subsequent to > Partition in the sub-continent. FN > > On 29 July 2012 16:21, U. G. Barad <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Correct me if I am wrong. The Hindus who are leaving Bangladesh > are doing so because they are being persecuted for their religion. > Just as the Rohingya Muslims who are forced to leave Mayanmar, this > surely categorizes them as refugees.
