Lesson 11: Displaced

Is a person who has been forced to flee his or her home country due to war, violence, or persecution, and who has a founded fear of losing their safety, freedom, or well-being if they go back.

• refugee

• immigrant

• migrant

• asylum-seeker

A person who crosses into another country looking for help to escape persecution, human rights violations or death, and who has not yet obtained refugee status.

• refugee

• immigrant

• migrant

• asylum-seeker

A person who moves, either temporarily or permanently, to another country.

• refugee

• immigrant

• migrant

• asylum-seeker

A person who moves to another country, for whichever reason, by going through all the necessary legal steps.

• refugee

• immigrant

• migrant

• asylum-seeker

During the Russian Revolution, thousands of Russians who fled the country, its (a)   was taken away by their home country.

Have not yet been officially recognized as a valid reason for seeking asylum by the United Nations’ criteria

• economic hardships

• war

• religion persecution

• climate change

The (a)   Refugee Convention, protects the refugees but not the asylum seekers.

What could happen if an asylum seeker is found to not meet the refugee status criteria.

• Could obtain a temporal visa.

• Could get a formal job

• Could remain in the country with a special permission

• Could be deported

An immigrant’s (a)   in another country can end when their employment or education program ends, or in the case they commit a crime.

A (a)   person has no nationality, or cannot prove its nationality.