https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2012/07/10/the-modern-refugee/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 01:57:48 -0400<![CDATA[How far could you run if you really had to? The historical answer to that question has been provided by the refugee, who was literally running for his life. Today the word &#8220;refugee&#8221; is typically applied to people from the Third World traveling thousands of miles, sometimes in commercial aircraft, to Europe, Australia or North America. This database shows the volume of refugee flows between any two countries.  One can readily observe from the database that refugees from Turkey, for example, flee to Germany or the United States, as do people from Togo in Africa.]]>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:24:08 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2012/07/10/the-modern-refugee-n191827