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Summary: Apart from existing legal definitions, it is increasingly difficult to maintain a clear distinction between (political) refugees and (economic) migrants. In particular, restrictive migration, refugee and asylum policies are closely linked to what experts call the asylum-migration nexus. Thus, the creation of multiple administrative categories of protected persons, the presence of unrecognised refugees, the incorporation of refugees into illegal immigration networks or the migrant population’s application for refugee status contribute to the confusion of realities. Similarly, the social changes experienced in recent decades pose a challenge to the legal definitions stemming from the 1951 Geneva Convention, which, from various sectors, have been described as overly limit.Abstract: Apart from the existing legal definitions, the simple distinction between (Politic) refugees and (economic) migrants is getting more difficult to maintain. Restrictive refuge and migration legislations are strong related with what different experts have called the asylum-migration nexus. The creation of multiple administrative categories of protected people; not collected refuge; the incorporation of refugees to illegal networks of migration; economic migrants transiting to enter a country through refugee status; etc. collaborate to the confusion of the Realities. Recent social changes are also a challenge to legal definitions drawn from the 1951 Geneva Convention, which are described as excessive restrictive by different actors.