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Or is it a Refugee Crisis Migrants or refugees Migrants usually have choices refugees dont no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you have to understand that no one puts their children in a boat ID: 358562

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The EU Migrant Crisis

Or is it a Refugee Crisis? Slide2

Migrants or refugees? Slide3

Migrants usually have choices, refugees don’t

no one leaves home unless

home is the mouth of a

shark

. . . .

you have to understand,that no one puts their children in a boatunless the water is safer than the landExtract from ‘Home’ by Warsan ShireSlide4

The Humanitarian Crisis in Europe Slide5
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The Flight of RefugeesSlide7

Main destinations

85% of refugees live in this areaSlide8

SYRIAN DISPLACEMENT

About 11.6 million Syrians have been displaced, nearly

half of

Syria’s entire population. Most of them are scattered

within Syria

, but 3.9 million were living abroad by the end of 2014 – nearly all of them in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq.Slide9

Despite the drama of migrants trying to cross the

Mediterranean to

reach Europe, most Africans displaced by conflict stay in Africa.Slide10
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Background to the humanitarian crisis in Europe summer of 2015

Mare Nostrum – search and rescue disbanded in Jan 15 – policy failed

Highest flow of refugees since the second world war ( half a million)

Arab Spring – 2011 and backlash –

Yemen

, Egypt, Libya, Syria – one fifth of current refugees Repressive regime in Eritrea, ongoing genocide in Darfur, sectarian regime and ISIS in Iraq, return of Taliban in Afghanistan, Boko Haram in Nigeria UNHCR Refugee camps – ill prepared, undersupplied - loss of hope Greek islands ( recession akin to Great Depression)Slide12

A world crisis of historic proportions

Source: United Nations High Commissioner for

Refugees

2014

59.5 million forcibly displaced people due to conflict 14 million newly displaced in 2014 10 million stateless people 1.7 million claimed asylum 26 countries admitted 105,200 refugees for resettlement

At the end of 2014, almost 55 million people depended on the protection and assistance of UNHCR and partners

.Slide13

Iconic photo that caught our attentionSlide14

Syrian Crisis

Over 4 million refugees

Nearly 8 million displaced inside Syria

Over 12 million in Syria needing humanitarian assistance Slide15
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Summer 2015

Germany announces welcome to all Syrian refugees (800,000)

Chaos and border controls (opening and closing)

Suspension of the EU's

Schengen zone

Demands for an EU wide asylum system Quotas and fair share (the formula based on population, GDP, previous asylum applications and unemployment)Lack of consensusRising of walls, razer wire fences, teargassing, water cannons Cameron agrees to accept 20,000 Syrians over 5 years, £100m into camps #refugeeswelcome

Calaidipedia

Slide17

Interactive map from International Organisation for Migration

World MigrationSlide18

The facts about

asylum – Definitions

Refugee

“A person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality

and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it.”

The 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of RefugeesIn the UK, a person is officially a refugee when they have their claim for asylum accepted by the government.Asylum SeekerA person who has left their country of origin and formally applied for asylum in another country but whose application has not yet been concluded.Slide19

The facts about

asylum

Definitions

Refused asylum seekerA person whose asylum application has been unsuccessful and who has no other claim for protection awaiting a decision. Some refused asylum seekers voluntarily return home, others are forcibly returned and for some it is not safe or practical for them to return until conditions in their country change.‘Illegal’ immigrantSomeone whose entry into or presence in a country contravenes immigration laws. (cf. Article 31) Economic migrantSomeone who has moved to another country to work. Refugees are not economic migrants

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All are people Slide20
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UK comparison with JordanSlide28
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Will today’s refugee crisis become the

holocaust of our generation?

How do we want history to remember us?

What are we doing in the UK to support those in the refugee camps, the countries that host them

and the EU countries in the front line? What are we doing to support and welcome asylum seekers who are already here? Slide30

Overcoming our fears

We haven’t any room

Lebanon hosting 1.5 million refugees and same size as Cornwall / Japan same size but 4 x the population / only 9% of land occupied in UK

Not enough jobs

Jobs increased when immigration increased

Not enough houses Yes, we need to invest and build more – for all of us, not just refugees We should solve UK problems firstWe are one of the richest in the word and our problems don’t compare to Greece or Syria or Lebanon or so many other countries. Our economy won’t cope We need more young people for our economy due to our aging demographic Slide31

Overcoming our fears

They are a burden on our economy

On the contrary many research studies from around the world have

found that welcoming refugees has a positive or at least a neutral effect on a host community's economy and wages

.

Once settled, refugees add more value to the economy each year than the entire original cost of receiving and resettling them.Refugees create new jobs, and even raise the wages of nativesRefugees help increase specialisation of work including the upgrading of native workers jobs and wages Migrants are more likely to be a worker in the NHS than a patient Refugee children make a positive contribution to schools ( Ofsted 2013) The more efficient processing and integration of refugees the quicker the return Slide32

Overcoming our Fears

Islamification

of Europe

If we accept 4m Muslims EU ratio of 4% Muslim will rise to 5%

High birth rates

Not borne out be the facts or research (birth rates drop with education and increased standard of living, low birth rate amongst Syrians, mostly highly educated) CrimeLess likely than native population / own home grown terrorists Collapse of social systems Unlikely - we have the infrastructure and capacity to plan/ aging demographic Slide33

Overcoming our fears

“They are a security threat”

Effective measures already in place

Stringent background checks are made

Many extremists in Middle East are from Europe with EU passports We have our own home grown terroristsWell organised terrorist groups would not send their fighters on dangerous journeys when they have the means to use safe legal routes. Slide34

Demographic Crisis in Europe -

Source

Financial Times

Old- age dependency ratio growing

(no of young people needed to support older generation)

Europe needs 42 m more young people by 2020, 200m by 2040Jean-Claude Yuncker quota endorsed by Financial Times Refugees will become workers, producers, tax payers if policies allow them to Research shows more likely to create jobs and drive up wages “

Compassion makes good economic

sense,

xenophobia doesn’t

Leonid

BershidskySlide35

Three routes to refugee status in UK Slide36

A Complex Asylum ProcessSlide37

UK Asylum Journey involves

Families living at 50% below the poverty line

Insufficient benefits to maintain contact with solicitor

Shared, no choice accommodation, in hard to let properties managed by external contractors

Periods of

destitution between refusal and appeal and on gaining refugee status or refusal with no chance of returning to country of originDetention at any time – indefinite, no judicial oversight Possible deportation after many years building a family life Slide38

What can individuals do?

Political Action

Write to your Councillor, MP, MEP (writetothem.com)

Petitions (Government, 38 Degrees, change.org )

Destitution, detention, health care, dignity

Sanctuary in ParliamentDonate Major international charities including World Food ProgrammeDoctors of the World (for Calais) Local charities (Red Cross, Refugee Action, City of Sanctuary) VolunteerWelcoming and integrating BefriendingFundraising

Teaching English/conversation clubs

Calaidipedia.co.ukSlide39

What can

you

do

?

Work in your sector to learn and raise awareness

Health (maternity, mental health) Schools (inclusion, integration)FaithsArts (music, crafts, books, poems, sharing stories )SportsLGBTWomen Slide40

Core Principles of City of Sanctuary

Mainstream, grassroots movement – all sectors involved

Building bridges between ‘local people’ and refugees

Strengthening and broadening the support base for asylum seekers and refugees

Helping create a culture of hospitality and welcome

Celebrating the contribution of refugees to societyCreating and enhancing networks between key playerswww.cityofsanctuary.orgSlide41

Remember the person behind the figures