Vocabulary
Who are people that leave their country for better economic opportunities?
Migrants
When the United States pledged to increase the number of refugees it would accept annually, the amount went from _____ to _____.
70,000 to 100,000.
What is the top country of origin for refugees?
Also, refugees are those who are _______.
fleeing war zones.
More than 6 million Syrians are _____.
internally displaced.
Who are people that leave their country due to a "well founded fear" of persecution?
Refugees
How many Syrian refugees has Turkey taken in?
1.9 million
What country is with most IDP's?
1 in 4 refugees worldwide are _____.
Syrian.
About 10 million Syrians are ______.
not displaced.
What is a Internally Displaced Person (IDP)?
A refugee who is unable to cross international borders.
How many refugees are displaced within Syria?
7.9 million
What is the top host country for Refugees?
Turkey.
87% of Syrian refugees live in _______.
Syria's neighboring countries.
What are Migrants?
people who leave their country for better economic opportunities.
Who does asylum apply to?
Those who meet the legal status of a refugee.
How many Syrian refugees has Lebanon taken in?
1.1 million
What country received the most asylum applications in 2016?
Germany.
More than half of all Syrians have _____.
left their homes.
What are Refugees?
people who leave their country due to a "well founded fear" of persecution.
When do people legally apply to be refugees?
When outside of a nation they want to immigrate to.
The entire EU had less than ______ Syrian asylum applications.
430,000
At the end of 2016, how many people had been forcibly displaced from their homes?
65.6 million.
Nearly 6 million Syrians _______.
fled the country.
Which country is the only country that does not start with an S out of the top 5 countries of origin for refugees?
Afghanistan.