Year 11 Politics People Movement revision

Which of the following best defines the term 'refugee'?

• A person who is forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster
• A person who voluntarily leaves their country to seek better economic opportunities
• A person who is forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster but refugee has not yet been provided

• A person who has dual citizenship in two countries

Which of the following best defines the term 'asylum seeker'?

• A person who is forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster
• A person who voluntarily leaves their country to seek better economic opportunities
• A person who is forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster but refugee has not yet been provided

• A person who has dual citizenship in two countries

Which of the following best defines the term 'economic migrant'?

• A person who is forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster
• A person who has dual citizenship in two countries

• A person who is forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster but refugee has not yet been provided

• A person who voluntarily leaves their country to seek better economic opportunities

Does illegally entering a country prevent a person from seeking asylum as a refugee?

• Yes

• No

What committee is responsible for overseeing the Refugee Convention?

• WHO

• WFP

• UNHCR

• UN General Assembly

The Convention .....

Select all that are correct.

• defines who is a refugee is

• defines refugees rights and responsibilities

• defines the legal obligations of States relating to the treatment and protection of refugees

• provides that a country can return any refugee to their country of origin without justification

A key article of the 1951 Refugee Convention is....

• States are allowed to turn refugees and asylum seekers back

• That states must work with NGOs and IGOs to help settle refugees

• States must not return refugees to countries where they risk persecution or harm

• That the convention only applies to refugees impacted by WWII

Australia's refugee policy that orders the turnback of people arriving by boat is call Operation Sovereign

People that were turned back by Australia's Operation Sovereign Borders were sent to where? Choose all that apply.

• Christmas Island

• New Zealand

• United States of America

• Manus Island

It was annoying me that I could only think of 9 questions and it was uneven. Draw a pretty flower.