Dear Raj and colleagues
Thank you so much for this text. I have been publishing an opinion article on somewhat the same topic last year in one of our Belgian newspapers. The rhetoric used on migrants, and especially migrants without a legal permit to stay in the country, is harming
the people involved.
So yés: thank you for this text, and I fully agree. I am sharing it with colleagues and on social media.
best wishes
Stéphanie
Colleagues,
Let us see if we can agree and if so persuade others too.
https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2018/10/02/the-words-we-use-matter-why-we-shouldnt-use-the-term-illegal-migrant/
Raj
R S Bhopal, Emeritus Professor of Public Health.
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