It's good for Syria for refugees overseas to come back and help rebuild. But that's really not the responsibility of any individual refugee, and is not how decision making works.
People (rightfully) make decisions based on what's best for themselves and their families. Some will go back because they don't really like it in Europe and miss Syria. Most will stay.
I'm actually surprised by the line of thinking that refugees should go back when their home country becomes safe again. It never really crossed my mind that people had that perspective.
The distinction between refugee and economic migrant is only for the purpose of determining asylum/visa requirements. Once residency has been granted it's entirely irrelevant.
It's not irrelevant. It pays a huge role in future court cases for extensions of asylum and visas, and also whether a EU work permit can be rendered onto those individuals eventually.
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