Indeed, the debate about thedistinction between "migrant" and "refugee" has recently surfaced inEuropeascountriesseek to limitthenumber of people for whom they provideasylum.
Tamerlan, the elder brother, arrived in 2006 and was granted Permanent Resident status, while Dzhokhar, who arrived on a tourist visa in 2002, was given asylum status as a Chechen refugee from Dagestan, and eventually achieved U.S. citizenship on 11 September 2012.