[caww]

They've been living in refugee camps so yes they are refugees.....not uncommon they bounce from one camp to another...in their country that's better living than in a war zone...they make the caps permanent dwellings...far better than in the wild in straw huts.

[Theo]

Sure, they’re “refugees.” My point is that once they cross the ocean and move to the USA, they’ve become immigrants. I don’t think such an arrangement easily accommodates resettling back in their homelands, after hostilities ease.

In my mind, a “refugee” is someone who is temporarily displaced, and who expects to return home at some point.