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I think that’s one of the reasons why no one’s really wanted to touch this issue for this age group because they conflate it with the Middle East.

By then, a second, older, more obscure conflict was resurfacing, conflated in social media and online commentary in the U.S. with Boko Haram.

And while Sweeney has certainly faced her own share of critics throughout her relatively young career, director David Michôd’s film is eager to conflate these two stories.

The political right often—usually with justification—accuses liberals of distorting its take on immigration by conflating people who come here lawfully with those who flout the rules.

The statement said conflating voluntary migration and refugee asylum was a "serious mischaracterisation" that undermines international systems to protect persecuted people.