Refugees: Who, Where, Why

What is the correct definition for a REFUGEE?

• Someone who has been displaced by a hurricane or other natural disaster. 
• A person who has a war going on where they live.
• Someone trying to escape for religious persecution.
• All of the above.

Refugees are people who...

• Are paid to move to a new city
• decide to move in search of work or more opportunities
• are forced to move because of violence or persecution
• don't need to leave their home

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True or false: Refugees often travel in dangerous and overcrowded conditions without necessary supplies. 

• True
• False

What is asylum?

• This is where you go when you are mentally instable
• This is the first legal step you take in YOUR country in order to leave it. 
• The first legal step for a displaced person is to request asylum in the new country. 
• This is the first illegal step for a displaced person to request asylum in the new country.

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How do refugees live?

• They live in shelters provided by the government of the new country.
• They live in tents in the outskirts of the new city
• They may live in the outskirts of a city or in a more modern city. It just depends on what country they are seeking refuge.
• They may live in refugee camps with minimal resources or live in more modern cities with more resources.  It just depends on what country they have gone to live.

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The modern definition of refugee was drafted by the UN's 1951 Convention and it states that...

• A refugee is a person who is forced to leave their country because they don't like the weather.
• A refugee is a person that is outside their country of nationality and is able to return to their country because of fear of being persecuted due to race, religion, nationality, or political opinion.
• A refugee is a person that is outside their country of nationality and is unable to return to their country because of fear of losing their Disney tickets because of race, religion, nationality, or political opinion.
• A refugee is a person that is outside their country of nationality and is unable to return to their country because of fear of being persecuted due to race, religion, nationality, or political opinion.

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A country to which a refugee relocates is known as a...

• Asylum Country
• Migrant Country
• Host Country
• Refugee Country

Protection; safety; given by government to those people who are forced to leave their country because of war

• forced
• immigrant
• asylum
• worker