Post on 27-Dec-2015
Asylum seekers…
23th March 2005
They are people who have left their own
country claiming persecution and are seeking
a place of safety. They may be given refugee
status in a new country and be able to stay.
Who are asylum seekers?
Today’s task…
• Your task is to design a board game that will describe the journey of an asylum seeker from the minute they arrive in Britain (start) to their gaining refugee status (finish).
• Along the way there may be things that help them in their quest and there may be things that hold them back.
• You could show this by using snakes and ladders OR by asking the player to move forwards or backwards.
• When you arrive you so as soon as possible to ask for asylum.
• You are carrying proof that you are in danger.
• Your lawyer presents a very good case for you.
• You are granted free accommodation.
• You manage to work illegally to earn money.
• You pay for a stolen National Identity card so you can now work “legally”.
• You are given Humanitarian protection and stay for up to 3 years.
Ideas to help you… • You do not go to ask for asylum for over 6 months.
• You are carrying no identification.
• You cannot prove that you are in danger.
• You lie in your interview and are found out.
• You go to the Citizen’s Advice Bureau and it is closed.
• You try several charity phone lines but they are busy.
• You are not allowed to work legally and are running out of money.
• Your appeal is dismissed and you are sent back to your own country (go back to the start).