Refugees
What defines a refugee?
Refugees are people who have fled war, violence, conflict, or persecution and have crossed an international border to find safety in another country.
What is multiculturalism?
Multiculturalism, the view that cultures, races, and ethnicities, particularly those of minority groups, deserve special acknowledgment of their differences within a dominant political culture.
What is migration?
Migration is the movement of people from one place to another. Migration can be within a country or between countries. Migration can be permanent, temporary or seasonal.
What is Xenophobia?
Xenophobia, or fear of strangers, is a broad term that may be applied to any fear of someone who is different from us. Hostility towards outsiders is often a reaction to fear. It typically involves the belief that there is a conflict between an individual's ingroup and an outgroup.
List at least 4 basic needs of a refugee
Food and Water, Hygiene Items, Clothing, Housing, Books, Education, and Medical Services
What is multicultural education?
Multicultural education refers to any form of education or teaching that incorporates the histories, texts, values, beliefs, and perspectives of people from different cultural backgrounds. At the classroom level, for example, teachers may modify or incorporate lessons to reflect the cultural diversity of the students in a particular class.
Why do people migrate?
Migration happens for a range of reasons. These can be economic, social, political, or environmental. Push and pull factors drive migration. Migration impacts both the place left behind and, on the place, where migrants settle. These impacts can be both positive and negative.
What causes xenophobia?
The most obvious motives advanced for the socio-economic causes of Xenophobia are unemployment, poverty and inadequate or lack of service delivery which are mostly politically attributed. Unemployment constitutes a social problem pertaining to a situation of not having a job.
What are the costs and benefits for countries hosting refugees?
Refugees can make very positive contributions to society: Einstein and Anne Frank and Rita Ora were refugees, and when integrated into society refugees will get jobs and often pay more in taxes than they cost initially to house and look after.
What are the challenges to multiculturalism?
There are two primary objections to multiculturalism. One is that multiculturalism privileges the good of certain groups over the common good, thereby potentially eroding the common good in favor of a minority interest. The second is that multiculturalism undermines the notion of equal individual rights, thereby weakening the political value of equal treatment.
How can we fight the smuggling and trafficking of Human Beings?
Increasing awareness among participants, particularly in areas where the tendency of migration is higher. Building strong relationships between the local community and law enforcement officials. International Efforts are Necessary to Curb the Flow of Trafficking of Victims. Border Inspections.
Xenophobia vs Racism
Xenophobia is the fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners, whereas racism has a broader meaning set including "a belief that racial differences produce the inherent superiority of a particular race." Although they are similar, they are different enough that it is possible for one to be both xenophobic and racist.
Name at least 3 Famous refugees
Albert Einstein, Bob Marley, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Jesus and Muhammad, Jackie Chan, and Anne Frank.
How can society benefit from multiculturalism?
Living in a multicultural society setting may offer an individual the opportunity to enlarge one’s cognitive thinking and also one can gain knowledge of foreign languages. Ultimately, this may result in access to quality job offers. Multicultural society gives an individual an upper hand in understanding new cultures which raise one’s awareness with regard to the world’s issues.
How common is it for people to migrate from one developing country to another?
Less common than migration from developing countries to developed countries, but more common than migration between developed countries.
How could you combat xenophobia?
Fear of the unknown is one of the most powerful fears of all. If you have not been exposed to other races, cultures, and religions, gaining more experience may be helpful in conquering your xenophobia. Many people who display xenophobia have lived relatively sheltered lives with little exposure to those who are different from them. Traveling to different parts of the world, or even spending time in a nearby city, might go a long way toward helping you face your fears.
Who decides that a person is considered a refugee?
In many developing countries, it is the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) that makes the decision. In most Western countries, governments have set up their own systems for determining whether a person is a refugee.
What are some examples of multiculturalism?
Multicultural individuals — such as Chinese-Canadians, Turkish-Germans, or Arab-Americans commonly think, perceive, behave, and respond to global workplace issues in more complex ways than monocultural individuals. Some multicultural individuals translate these differences into career success.
How does migration affect the economy?
If migrants’ skills complement those of existing workers, the impact is positive. Only when international migrants have similar skills to those of existing workers, they could affect negatively employment and wages in the short term.
What are the two types of Xenophobia?
Cultural xenophobia: This type involves rejecting objects, traditions, or symbols that are associated with another group or nationality.
Immigrant xenophobia: This type involves rejecting people who the xenophobic individual does not believe belongs in the ingroup society.