Refugees

What is a refugee ?

• A person with no nationality that is living as a non existing person.

• A person that fled his country from violence, fear or persecution

• A person not able to move and is still in the border of his country from violence

How many refugee children are their in the world

• About 29,000,000 People

• About 40,000,000 People

• About 30,000,000 People

• About 71,000,000 People

Asylum seekers are people who...

• People who have fled from their country due to fear or persecution and are living in another country as new citizens.

• People who have fled from their country due to fear or persecution and have applied for protection from another country but their claim has not been processed.

• People who have fled from their country due to fear or persecution and have travelled to another country and are living there illegally.

• People who have fled from their country due to fear or persecution and are travelling on a boat to another country.

A migrant is...

• someone who voluntarily chooses to move from their own country and can return at anytime.

• someone who is forced to move from their own country but can return at anytime.

• someone who chooses to move from their own country but are not able to return.

• someone who flees their own country for a better life.

A stateless person is....

• someone who does not have a nationality recognised by any country, but are able to access education, employment and healthcare.

• someone who does not have a nationality that is recognised by their country.

• someone who does not have a nationality that is recognised by any country, but is able to choose where they live.

• someone who does not have a nationality recognised by any country and do not have access to healthcare, employment and education.

Climate change can lead to internal displacement e.g. drought leading to famine and people moving to find food.

• TRUE

• FALSE

My parents wanted to EMIGRATE to the United States. This means that

• they wanted to visit

• they wanted to move

• they wanted to stay

• they wanted to continue

Asylum seekers are poor.

• True - a person needs to be poor to be an asylum seeker.

• False - a person doesn't need to be poor but a person who has a fear of being persecuted because of their race, religion, nationality or member a social or political group.

Most refugees are sheltered by wealthy countries

• True - most of the 1st world countries take in and help refugees.

• False - nine out ten refugees are sheltered by developing countries.