Refugee Background: Displaced People Check

Refugees are

• people fleeing armed conflicts or persecution.

• people who claim to be a refugee but whose claim hasn’t been judged.

• people who choose to move not because of a direct threat or persecution but mainly to improve their lives.

Asylum-Seekers are

• people fleeing armed conflicts or persecution.

• people who claim to be a refugee but whose claim hasn’t been judged.

• people who choose to move not because of a direct threat or persecution but mainly to improve their lives.

Migrants are

• people fleeing armed conflicts or persecution.

• people who claim to be a refugee but whose claim hasn’t been judged.

• people who choose to move not because of a direct threat or persecution but mainly to improve their lives.

True or False: Every asylum seeker will be recognized as a refugee.

• True

• False

True or False: Every refugee is initially an asylum seeker.

• True

• False

Which type of displaced person can return home if they want?

• Refugee

• Asylum Seekers

• Migrants

Refugees are choosing to flee because of a threat of violence because of their

• race, religion, political stance, or social status.

• favorite movie, snack, or color.

To persecute someone/a group of people means...

• to harass them because of their race

• take a cute selfie

• buy someone a purse