Asylum seekers flee persecution due to their race or creed or the like.
Migrants flee unfortunate economic conditions.
The former has special status. The latter does not.
Also, asylum seekers must seek asylum in the first country the reach. They are generally not given a license to travel from country to country to country until they find a comfortable place, and then file for asylum. That is illegal.
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