What is? #1
what are three push factors for people to migrate?
Poverty/lack of economic opportunity
Lack of healthcare
Home nations impacted by climate change
Lack of educational opportunities
War/conflict zone
what is a homeland where a person was born and raised
The name of the original country where a person was born and raised.
what are Migrants?
people who leave their country for better economic opportunities.
what is a seeking asylum?
someone who is seeking safety in a new country when they don't feel safe in their country.
true or false: refugees are required by law to pass background and security checks before they are resettled.
true.
what is a pull factor
a pull factor is the positive conditions that attracts someone to migrate to a new country.
What does IDPs stand for?
Internally Displaced People
what is a Internally Displaced Person
A refugee who is unable to cross international borders.
what is war?
a bad event happens when two or more countries fight each other, forcing people to leave.
True or false: Refugees are required by law to pass background and security checks before they are resettled.
False
what is climate change?
the global problem of changing weather patterns that is making some lands unlivable.
whats a new language?
learning this tool is usually the biggest challenge for a migrant moving to a new country.
what are borders?
the imaginary lines that separate two different countries.
what is a natural disaster?
natural events like floods, tornados, tsunami, and earthquakes.
true or false: refugees choose to leave their homes just for fun.
what is migration?
migration is when people move away from their country.
what are three pull factors
jobs/economic opportunity
Medical care/ medicine
Nations not impacted by climate change (yet)
Educational opportunities
A nation free from the bombs and carnage.
what is UNHCR?
United Nations Commissioner for Refugees.
what is integration?
when newly arrived immigrants and the host community adapt to one another.
True or false: The majority of the world's refugees are hosted by wealthy Western nations like the U.S and Europe.
False.
what is refugees camps?
refugees camps are temporary settlements, often made of tents or small cabins.
What's a cultural exchange?
Sharing ideas, traditions, and holidays.
what are Refugees?
People who leave their country due to a “well founded fear” of persecution.
Race, religion, nationality, member of a social group or political opinion.
Also, refugees are those who are fleeing war zones.
People legally apply to be refugees when outside of a nation they want to immigrate to.
what is a language barrier?
a barrier Refugees face when arriving in a new country.
True or False: Studies show that immigration generally has positive, effect on a country's economy.
True.