Refugee Crisis Day 1

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

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.

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

• TRUE

• FALSE

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.

Select the correct three answers to this statement: A refugee is someone who has left their country of nationality because…

• They are at risk of persecution for membership of a particular social group or political opinion

• They have a well-founded fear for not returning to their country

• They are not happy with their wages, they can’t buy a new mobile phone or have holidays

• They are at risk of persecution for reasons of their race, religion and/or nationality

What has happened to the number of refugees globally over the last few years?

• Stayed the same

• Decreased

• Increased

• Increased by a significant amount