Здравствуйте, Pavlo Smaktunovskiy, Вы писали:

Аё>>...As a refugee or otherwise.
PS>Or otherwise what?
Dude, your English is just bad. You don't know what you don't know, but still trying to pretend to know. Please stop embarrassing yourself. Install Grammarly, even the free version will dramatically improve your written language capabilities over time.

Speaking of this particular case: "or otherwise" in a given context means "or using other means to reach your goal".