Immigrants and refugees

Who is a migrant?

• A person who is forced to leave a country due to war/persecution

• A person who works as a farmer

• A person who crosses an international border to enter a different country

• A natural born citizen of a country

Immigrants to the United States mainly came from what continent in the 1700s through the 1950s?

• Asia

• Europe

• South America

• Oceania

Who is a refugee?

• A person who is forced to leave their country due to war/persecution

• A person who chooses to move to a different country

• A natural born citizen

• A soldier

Why did so many people immigrate to the United States from Ireland?

• World Wars

• To practice their protestant religion freely

• Famine

• For a warm climate

What country is this?

• United States of America

• Canada

• Mexico

• Guatemala

What country is this?

• Jamaica

• Mexico

• Cuba

• Dominican Republic

Which of the following is NOT part of North America?

• Mexico

• Cuba

• Argentina

• Panama

Why are people who immigrate from Syria called refugees?

• They are escaping war

• They want a better education

• They want a better climate

• They are escaping a famine

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 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.