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'Irregular immigration' was introduced a few years back in preference to 'illegal immigration', the latter being percieved to have negative overtones. 'Refugee' isn't supposed to be used until the migrant has actually been granted refuge, until that point they're an asylum seeker.
I should further qualify that- regarding illegality/irregularity, the term irregular is meant to refer to the individual while it is the act that is referred to as illegal. Unlike Refugee/Asylum Seeker, neither has any legal standing.