not to diminish what like, for example with the latest tumblr exodus, trans women experience on the internet on a day to day basis but like. people who use this phrasing are aware that there are multiple wars/genocides going on in the world right now, right? like, creating actual irl refugees that will need support and money to put their lives back together? maybe i'm out of line here but. there's other words you can use for the love of god without the heavy connotations that the word 'refugee' has.
or, if i wanna be smarmy about it: every time you use the word 'refugee' to mean 'went from one website to another', you owe $20 to a palestinian/sudanese/ukranian person