@acousticmirror Yep, I fully understand that context--and agree that it's insensitive. I was thinking only about like animal species migrating seasonally or to a better grazing ground or something for "migration" (I was calling the Bird-->Mastodon route the Digital Flyway for a little while, like the Pacific Flyway or other migratory routes). But refugee, not ok at all; and none of it to make light.
@acousticmirror And the STS-er in me knows better than to be casual about biological metaphors in any case!