MIGRATION QUIZ What do you know?
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• Thanks go to the Jesuit Refugee Service. This quiz has have been developed in response to earlier work by them.
This project on CST and Migration is
• developed by the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology• funded by the Plater Trust • hosted by Caritas-Social Action Network
MIGRATION QUIZ
What do you know?
What is a refugee?
A. A foreign person in a country
B. A person who has fled their country for fear of persecution
C. A person who has moved to a new country for a better job and more money
Definition of a refugee from:
1951 UN Convention on Refugees, art. 1(A)2.
• The person is outside his/her country of nationality or habitual residence
• The person is unwilling/unable to seek protection from that country
• Because of a well founded fear of persecution in country of origin for reasons of:Race, Religion, Nationality, Social group or Political opinion
A. 1 million
B. 240,000
C. 20,000
How many applications for asylum did the UK receive in 2011?
Immigration Removal Centre - Morton HallPhotograph from UK Home Office,
Applications for asylum
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/immigration-asylum-research/
immigration-q1-2012/asylum-q1-2012
(1) A process preventing certain nationalities from appealing a decision while in the country (non-
suspensive appeals process) was introduced in 2002.
(2) Juxtaposed controls were opened in France and Belgium in 2002 and 2004.
(3) Fast-track facilities for asylum applications were introduced in 2003.
Answer: c
A. 75%
B. 50%
C. 25%
What percentage of refugees seeking asylum in the UK were
accepted in 2011?
(This number does not include those succeeding through
appeal)
Answer: C. In 2011 - Of the 17,496 initial decisions in 2011, 25% were grants of
asylum, 8% grants of a form of temporary protection (humanitarian protection or
discretionary leave) and 68% were refusals.
Source: Earthworks Plus Teachers’ Resource Book , J. Widdowson,
(Hodder Murray, 2002)
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/immigration-asylum-research/immigration-q1-2012/asylum-q1-2012
A. Afghanistan
B. Iraq
C. Sudan
From which country to the majority of refugees in the world
come?
Source: UNHCR Report: ‘A Year of Crises: Global Trends 2011’, p. 14
• And refugees who come to the UK...
Source: UNHCR Report ‘Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries’, p. 43
A. True
B. False
The UK takes in the most numbers of refugees in
Europe:
False - the UK isn’t even in the highest in Europe
Source: UNHCR Report ‘A Year of Crises: Global Trends 2011’, p. 26
And financially...
Source: UNHCR Report ‘A Year of Crises: Global Trends 2011’, p. 15
As a final exercise, suggest some recent world events which have caused the
displacement of large numbers of people around the world