• 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