2.1
Activity Guide:
Definitions - Powerpoint Presentation
Objective:
To improve learners’ knowledge of some of the
terms and definitions associated with the asylum and
immigration process in a structured way.
Application:
• This is a good basic training tool, particularly when
working in a restricted timeframe.
• It could be used for a slot at team meetings.
• This exercise requires some background knowledge
on UK asylum processes and the international context
on the part of the trainer.
How to use:
• Work through slides giving background information
and examples as relevant
• Questions can be encouraged during or after
presentation
Time required:
• Powerpoint presentation - 20 mins
• Discussion - to suit time available
Equipment:
• Powerpoint presentation
• Laptop, projector and screen
Materials:
• Handouts of Powerpoint presentation for learners to
take away.
Adapted from Coventry Partnership Myth-busting Pack
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2.2
Activity Guide:
Definitions - Card Matching
Objective:
To improve learners’ knowledge of some of the
terms and definitions associated with the asylum and
immigration process in an interactive way.
Application:
• This is a good basic training tool and particularly to
generate discussion.
• It could be used for adults or young people aged 10+.
• This exercise requires some background knowledge
on asylum and immigration processes on the part of
the trainer.
How to use:
• Divide learners into groups (3/4 people).
• Distribute packs of terms and definitions cards and
ask the learners to match the term with the correct
definition.
• Asks the learners to feed back and provides correct
answers from sheet.
Time required:
• Explanation of game -
• Learners to match cards
-
• Discussion of results
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5 mins
at least 10 mins
at least 10 mins
Equipment:
• None
Materials:
• Enough sets of terms and definitions playing cards for
each small group
• Copies of answer sheet for learners to take away with
them
Adapted from activity by Portsmouth City Council
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2.2
Activity:
Definitions - Card Matching
Term Cards:
Term Card
Term Card
Citizen
Term Card
Migrant
Term Card
Gypsy / Traveller
Term Card
Refused Asylum
Seeker
Term Card
Bogus Asylum Seeker
Internally displaced
person
Term Card
Term Card
Stateless
Term Card
Illegal Immigrant
Refugee
Term Card
Asylum Seeker
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2.2
Activity:
Definitions - Card Matching
Definition Cards:
Definition Card
A person whose application for asylum has been
refused, has exhausted the appeals process and is
still living here.
Definition Card
A person who makes a conscious choice to leave
their country of origin to live, work or study in
another country without being forced to leave.
Definition Card
A person who has been forced to flee their homes
suddenly or unexpectedly in large numbers, as a
result of armed conflict, internal strife, systematic
violations of human rights or natural or man-made
disasters, and who are within the territory of their
own country.
Definition Card
A person of nomadic habit of life or who has
ceased to travel temporarily or permanently of
whatever race or origin.
Definition Card
A person who has claimed legal protection in
another country against persecution in their
homeland and is waiting for a decision on
their claim.
Definition Card
A person who is not considered as a member of
any State under its law.
Definition Card
A person who ‘owing to a well-founded fear of
being persecuted for reasons of race, religion,
nationality, membership in 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’.
Definition Card
A person who is a member of a State and is
entitled to its full legal rights and responsibilities.
Definition Card
There is no legal basis for this term.
According to Article 14 of the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, ‘everyone has the right to seek
and to enjoy in other countries asylum from
persecution’.
Definition Card
A person who has entered another country without
valid documents and does not make any legal
efforts to legitimise their status or has overstayed
the time they were allowed to visit the country.
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2.2
Activity:
Definitions - Card Matching
Solution Cards:
Solution Card
Refugee
A person who ‘owing to a well-founded fear of
being persecuted for reasons of race, religion,
nationality, membership in 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’.
Solution Card
Asylum seeker
A person who has claimed legal protection in
another country against persecution in their
homeland and is waiting for a decision on
their claim.
Solution Card
Bogus asylum seeker
There is no legal basis for this term.
According to Article 14 of the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, ‘everyone has the right to seek
and to enjoy in other countries asylum from
persecution’.
Solution Card
Internally displaced person
A person who has been forced to flee their homes
suddenly or unexpectedly in large numbers, as a
result of armed conflict, internal strife, systematic
violations of human rights or natural or man-made
disasters, and who are within the territory of their
own country.
Solution Card
Refused asylum seeker
A person whose application for asylum has been
refused, has exhausted the appeals process and is
still living here.
Solution Card
Citizen
A person who is a member of a State and is
entitled to its full legal rights and responsibilities.
Solution Card
Migrant
Gypsy / Traveller
A person who makes a conscious choice to leave
their country of origin to live, work or study in
another country without being forced to leave.
A person of nomadic habit of life or who has
ceased to travel temporarily or permanently of
whatever race or origin.
Solution Card
Illegal immigrant
A person who has entered another country without
valid documents and does not make any legal
efforts to legitimise their status or has overstayed
the time they were allowed to visit the country.
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Solution Card
Solution Card
Stateless
A person who is not considered as a member of
any State under its law.
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2.3
Activity Guide:
Myth-busting
Objective:
To enable participants to identify myths and
misconceptions about asylum seekers and refugees, to
dispel these myths and challenge negative assumptions.
Application:
• The trainer will need knowledge of the asylum system
to able to discuss the factual basis of the most
common myths (basic information is available on Fact
Sheet 1.1).
• The activity can be extended to include discussion of
how myths arise and can be challenged.
How to use:
• Divide participants into small groups and ask them
to mind map onto flip chart paper what people think
about when they hear the term asylum seeker.
• Bring groups back together and ask each group to
share their responses.
• Look at responses and draw out whether they are
predominately positive or negative and why this may
be the case.
• Pick out the five main myths and discuss in turn their
factual basis and where these ideas may come from.
• Extension: Ask small groups to discuss the questions
on Myth-busting activity sheet
Time required:
• Mind mapping • Large group feedback • Small group discussion
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-
-
15 mins
30 mins
At least 20 mins
Equipment:
• None
Materials:
• Flip chart paper and pens
• Question sheets (for extension)
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Activity:
Myth-busting
Discussion Questions
1.How can you know if information is accurate?
2.How would you respond when hearing a myth?
3.What makes someone rethink their views?
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2.4
Activity Guide:
Refugee and Asylum Quiz
Objective:
To provide accurate and up-to-date information on
asylum seekers and refugees;
To dispel myths and to enable people to challenge
negative assumptions about asylum seekers and
refugees.
Application:
• The quiz is an introduction to the issue.
• The trainer needs to ensure that the data is updated
regularly - see:
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration-asylumstats.html for asylum data.
• Background information can be added as relevant in
debriefing.
• There is a core selection of questions comprised of
international, national and local data. You may wish
to add additional questions to meet the needs of
participants.
How to use:
• Give participants time to complete the quiz either
individually or in small groups
• Provide answers one question at a time and ask
participants for their answers
• When debriefing on the answers, there are
opportunities to enhance or extend the discussion to
other refugee issues e.g. where do most refugees go?
It could also lead to a discussion such as the role of
developing countries.
Time required:
• Activity
• Discussion
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10 mins
to suit time available
Equipment:
• None
Materials:
• Quiz and answer sheets
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2.4
Activity:
Refugee Quiz
Questions
1. How many refugees are there in the world
according to UNHCR statistics?
3
5.5
9.9
11.4
25 million
2. What two countries host the most refugees
globally?
3. What percentage of all the refugees in the world
live in the UK?
Less than 3%
8%
23%
36%
4. About how many people sought asylum in the UK
in 2007?
10,000
25,000
3 million
11.2 million
5. Name four of the top six countries most people
seeking asylum in the UK are from.
6. What % of asylum applications were refused in
2007?
7. What benefits are asylum-seekers entitled to in
the UK?
The same as British citizens on benefit
More than British citizens
Two-thirds of British citizens None
8. Approx how many languages are spoken by
refugee populations in Region?
9. About how many people from refugee
backgrounds are living in the Region?
10,000
45,000
76,000
200,000 500,000
10. Which is the odd one out?
Andrex Toilet Paper Marks and Spencers
Haagen Daaz ice cream
Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
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2.4
Activity:
Refugee and Asylum Quiz
Answers
1. Approximately 11.4 million at the end of 2007 with
an estimated further 13.7 million internally displaced
people (UNHCR, 2007).
2. Pakistan and Syria together host 31% of the world’s
refugees (UNHCR, 2007)
3. Less than 3% and only 0.5% of the British population
(UNHCR 2007, Office for National Statistics 2008)
4. About 25,000 (Home Office, 2007)
5. In order: Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Zimbabwe
and China (Home Office, 2007). All countries are
affected by conflict and human rights abuses.
6. About 70% of initial asylum applications were refused
in 2007 and 72% of appeals were refused. (Home
Office). This figure has reduced from 2006 as a result
introduction of the New Asylum Model.
7. Two-thirds of British Citizens benefits. They are not
eligible for any mainstream benefits and not allowed
to work.
8. Over 76 languages (WMSPARS, 2006).
9. 76,000 (+/- 5%) refugees (WMSPARS, 2004) and
about 6540 asylum seekers supported by Border
and Immigration Agency (UK Border and Immigration
Agency, 2008)
10. Haagen Daaz ice cream. All the other things were
invented or created by people who were once
refugees and named after them.
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