Exploring and understanding Who are asylum seekers Why do asylum seekers come to the UK What do we mean by refugee Do not oppress a foreigner Exodus 239 What do you already know ID: 216482
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There’s no place like home
Exploring and understanding:Who are asylum seekers?Why do asylum seekers come to the UK?What do we mean by ‘refugee’?
Do not oppress a foreigner…… Exodus 23:9Slide2
What do you already know?
Spend two minutes sharing your ideas with a neighbour:What do we mean by an ‘asylum seeker’?What is the difference between a ‘refugee’ and an ‘illegal immigrant’?Slide3Slide4
Match the term with the definition
:Asylum seekerRefugee
Illegal immigrantEconomic migrant
European migrant
Moves to another country to find work
Is allowed to stay in another country because they have proved they would be persecuted at home
Can work in another country in the European Economic Area
is in another country without legal permission
Has fled their homeland and needs sanctuarySlide5
Match the term with the definition
:Asylum seekerRefugee
Illegal immigrantEconomic migrant
European migrant
Has fled their homeland and needs
sanctuary
Is allowed to stay in another country because they have proved they would be persecuted at home
is in another country without legal
permission
Moves
to another country to find
work
Can
work in another country in the European Economic AreaSlide6
True or false?
Britain is particularly popular for asylum seekers because it is easy to get inAsylum seekers get more benefits than pensionersAsylum seekers ‘jump the queue’ for housesMany asylum seekers come to the UK for benefits
Asylum seekers are detained whilst their cases are reviewedThe UK is swarming with refugeesSlide7
True or false?
Britain is particularly popular for asylum seekers because it is easy to get in: FALSEAsylum seekers get more benefits than pensioners: FALSEAsylum seekers ‘jump the queue’ for houses: FALSEMany asylum seekers come to the UK for benefits: FALSE
Asylum seekers are detained whilst their cases are reviewed: TRUEThe UK is swarming with refugees: FALSEAsylum seekers steal our Jobs: FALSESlide8
Britain is particularly popular for asylum seekers because it is easy to get in: FALSE
It is a very complex systemMany people are rejectedThe Home Office’s initial decisions are overturned in 26% of appeals
There were 19,804 asylum applications to the UK in 2011. This the second lowest level in 10 years.Slide9
Asylum seekers get more benefits than pensioners: FALSE
This accusation has been found in a viral protest that has cropped up on social media sites and on email. The ‘original’ has been in circulation in different countries (including Australia and Canada) since 2007Asylum seekers – i.e. persons awaiting a decision on an asylum application – are not entitled to any mainstream non-contributory social security benefits such as income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income Support and Housing Benefit. Instead, they may be eligible for accommodation and/or financial support from the UK Border Agency
.Cash support for asylum seekers is less generous than social security benefits; for example, a single person aged 18 or over currently receives £36.62 a week, a lone parent receives £43.94 a week and a couple £72.52 a weekSlide10
Asylum seekers ‘jump the queue’ for houses: FALSE
Asylum seekers do not jump the queue for council housing and they cannot choose where they live. The accommodation allocated to them is not paid for by the local council. It is allocated by UK Border Agency. It is nearly always ‘hard to let’ properties, where other people do not want to live. Slide11
Many asylum seekers come to the UK for benefits: FALSE
In fact, most know nothing about welfare benefits before they arrive and had no expectation that they would receive financial support.“The only thing in my mind was to be safe.
I didn’t make any choice to leave my country.”(Democratic Republic of Congo, male, 35-44)Slide12
Asylum seekers are detained whilst their cases are reviewed: TRUE
Detention can be a few weeks, months – or even years if the case isn’t resolved. Children are detained with their parents, often with severe consequences. Slide13
Asylum seekers steal our jobs
Asylum seekers are not allowed to work!Actually, if their claim is refused (and 20% are because of paperwork errors), they have nowhere to live, no money to live on…nothing.They are called destitute.The Destitution Trap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0-3lMOB4ioSlide14
The UK is swarming with refugees: FALSE
The UK hosts between 2 and 3% of the world’s refugees and asylum seekers – less than Pakistan, Syria, Iran and GermanyIn 2009 the government were supporting around 50,000 asylum seekers – 0.08% of the populationSlide15Slide16Slide17Slide18Slide19Slide20Slide21Slide22Slide23Slide24Slide25Slide26
Activity……
Now you know the difference between the myths and the truth, design a poster to raise awareness about refugees and asylum seekers. You can use the information in the booklets/on the sheetsThe posters will be put up around schoolSlide27
Check your understanding:
Can you define: asylum seeker; refugee; illegal immigrant; economic migrant; european migrant.Can you counter some of the myths told about asylum seekers?