United Nations
Refugee International
U.S. Immigrations and Refugee Policies
Europe and Latin America
Syria and The Middle East
100
Abdallah Khader is the Senior Operations Assistant for IOM Jordan. His story about helping a small child who has epilepsy get reunited with his Grandmother shows... ?
a - The IOM and other Humanitarian efforts are unequipped to provide aid to those with special needs
b - Humanitarian workers are real people solving a mass range of diverse challenges within crisis affected regions
c - There are never any cases of permanently displaced people because of the successful IOM identification program
b - Humanitarian workers are real people solving a mass range of diverse challenges within crisis affected regions
100
https://www.refugeesinternational.org/what/
Refugees International was started in 1979 as a citizens’ movement to protect Indochinese refugees. What has it become today?
a -They have expanded as an advocacy organization that does not accept government or UN funding.
b - Adopted as a United Nations program to develop solutions in crisis
c - An organization targeted in Eastern Asia currently putting all resources into Myanmar
a -They have expanded as an advocacy organization that does not accept government or UN funding.
100
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/how-does-us-refugee-system-work
what is the difference between a migrant and a refugee?
In 2013, where did the United States rank in the thirty-five-member Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in terms of the percentage of foreign-born people in its population?In 2013, where did the United States rank in the thirty-five-member Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in terms of the percentage of foreign-born people in its population?
a - 14
b - 55
c - 30
Refugee seeks entrance from a third country
Asylee is within US borders or at a port of entry
a - 14 - Luxembourg has the highest of 44
100
what country had 469 femicides in 2017 and 524 in 2016
- Greece
- El Salvador
- Nicaragua
- Czech Republic
El Salvador
this means that on average, more than nine women and/or girls were killed every week in 2017.1
100
which country has been a primary destination for those escaping Syria
- Turkey
- Greece
- Germany
- Portugal
Of the 6.1 million displaced
Germany has been the primary destination for the 1 million who requested asylum in Europe
200
http://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/migration/index.html
In 2017 what was the number of migrants compared to the 173 million displaced in 2000.
a - 308 million
b - 258 million
c - 388 million
And, out of those 68 million were forcibly removed. Which group had the largest numbers?
a - refugees
b - asylum seekers
c- internally displaced persons
B - 258
C - internally displaced persons
25 million refugees, 3 million asylum seekers and over 40 million internally displaced persons.
200
RI has two main programs. One is for climate the other...
food security
Religious persecution
Women and Girls
Taken from the website https://www.refugeesinternational.org/currentwork/
In instances of armed conflict, displaced women and girls face exceptional danger. They live with the constant threat of gender-based violence, such as rape, sexual assault, domestic violence, and traditional harmful practices like female genital mutilation (FGM) and early marriage. As a result, RI has made it a priority to advocate for improved humanitarian responses that elevate the well-being and safety of women and girls.
200
immigrants and their U.S.-born children make up about _ percent of U.S. inhabitants.
a- 49
b - 34
c - 27
c - 27
200
Horst Seehofer, Germany’s interior minister, called migration “the mother of all problems.” He leads what party,
Bavaria-based Christian Social Union.
200
What does the modern day lost generation refer to?
Syrian Refugee crisis. 12 million have fled their homes, 65 million displaced -- largest since WW2
300
The UN Youth2030 initiative aims at helping provide aid to youth members of the global community. Taking into account that 61 million 12-14 year olds and 139 million 15-17 year olds are out of school and 64 million youths are unemployed globally. (36 million international migrants)
What are the 5 primary goals of the initiative
a - Amplifying youth voices, greater access to quality education and health services, greater access to decent work and productive employment; protecting and promoting the rights of young people and supporting their civic and political engagement; and providing school lunches.
b - Amplifying youth voices, greater access to quality education and health services, greater access to decent work and productive employment; protecting and promoting the rights of young people and supporting their civic and political engagement; and assisting in replacement.
c - Amplifying youth voices, greater access to quality education and health services, greater access to decent work and productive employment; protecting and promoting the rights of young people and supporting their civic and political engagement; and supporting young people as catalysts for Peace and Security & Humanitarian Action.
c - Amplifying youth voices, greater access to quality education and health services, greater access to decent work and productive employment; protecting and promoting the rights of young people and supporting their civic and political engagement; and supporting young people as catalysts for Peace and Security & Humanitarian Action.
300
Although RI headquarters are located in DC, in 2017 they worked in which country
El Salvador
Syria
Sudan
Zimbabwe
El Salvador
300
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/how-does-us-refugee-system-work
The US took in 200000 refugees at the start of the program in 1980 what is the number now in 2019
a - 582700
b - 200000
c - 22500
c - 22500
300
In May 2018, the administration announced what policy to prosecute anyone crossing the border, including those who may seek asylum.
MAVNI
Zero Tolerance
Family Separation Act
Catch and Release
zero tolerance policy
Recent testimonies by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials suggest that during a 13-day span in May, DHS may have separated 658 children from parents.5
300
In this country negative sentiments, lack of political commitment, and little public support has led to organizations such as Doctors Without Borders perceive their reception system of migrants and refugees as slow although enacting acceptance of migrants. Which country?
- Hungary
- Poland
- UK
- Italy
Italy
400
http://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/refugees/
UNHCR was established on December 14, 1950
In the 1960s, the decolonization of what continent produced the first of that continent's numerous refugee crises needing UNHCR intervention?
The work of UNHCR is more important than ever before because now how many people are forcibly displaced every minute as a result of conflict or persecution?
a- 100
b - 45
c - 20
Africa
c - 20
400
https://www.refugeesinternational.org/about-our-climate-program
In June 2016, RI traveled to Zimbabwe to assess the response to a worsening drought that had left four million Zimbabweans without sufficient food. RI was able to secure 54.5 million in aid by which country so AIDS survivors had food to take with medication.
United States
Britain
Japan
United States
400
Comprehensive immigration reform refers to ___ that attempts to address the following issues: demand for high-skilled and low-skilled labor, the legal status of the millions of undocumented immigrants living in the country, border security, and interior enforcement.
a - omnibus legislation
b - concurrent ratio legislation
c - referendum legislation
omnibus legislation
400
The United States invested nearly $2 billion during fiscal years 2015 through 2017, with bipartisan support to improve citizen security and the rule of law where?
Iraq
Palestein
Indonesia
Central America
Pakistan
central america - the northern triangle
violence still remains but homicides rates improved in El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala
400
What war generated one of the longest-lasting refugee wave
- Vietnam
- War of 1812
- WW1
- Partition of Palestine
The partition of Palestine in 1947 and the subsequent 1948 War generated one of the longest-lasting and most politically fateful refugee waves
500
https://www.unhcr.org/globaltrends2017/
In 2017, the number of people forcibly displaced from their homes worldwide came at a record rate of
a - 44,400 every day
b - 14,600 every day
c - 24,200 every day
How many returned to their areas of origin
a- 15 million
b- 500,000
c - 5 million
68% came from which 5 countries?
Myanmar is a special case of statelessness because the citizenship law is based on race which targets the Rohingya. Many fled to Bangladesh at the heigh of its emergency how many were fleeing per day
a - 2000
b - 10000
c - 8000
B - 44400 every day
C - 5 million returned
- Syrian Arab Republic (6.3 million)
- Afghanistan (2.6 million)
- South Sudan (2.4 million)
- Myanmar (1.2 million)
- Somalia (986,400)
b - 10000
500
In RI report on key priorities to address the rohingya crisis what is suggested as the best mechanism to address the root cause of the crisis
A - recognition of of Rohingya citizenship and human rights in Myanmar
B - International pressure by the US or Russia
C - Removal of barriers in Bangladesh
A - recognition of of Rohingya citizenship and human rights in Myanmar
500
In 2018 more than eight hundred thousand took advantage of what Obama policy - also referred as "stopgap measure"?
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), that offered renewable, two-year deportation deferrals and work permits to undocumented immigrants who had arrived to the United States as children and had no criminal records.
500
According to the latest Notizie da paura report, published every year by the Italian Journalists Association, in 2017 media reports about migration were numerous. What role did the media play
a - allowed massive amounts of aid workers to gather resources quickly
b - media helped ease the anti-immigrant sentiment
c - alarmist tones created large misconceptions about migrants
c
Incoming migration flows accounted for 44 percent of news; cases of crimes committed by migrants of asylum seekers totaled 16 percent of news.
500
The current waves of refugees from the Levant can largely be traced to what event which led to a subsequent civil war?
- 2003 Iraq invasion
- Baluchistan Conflict
- Yugoslav Wars
- Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
How did it transform the region?
2003 Iraq Invasion
The current waves of refugees from the Levant can largely be traced to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the subsequent civil war, which produced an estimated 6 million refugees and a similar number of internally displaced. The ethnic and sectarian transformation of Iraq triggered region-wide sectarianism and galvanized jihadist movements. The population movements put enormous strain on the infrastructure of Jordan, Syria and other neighboring states, while introducing a semi-permanent presence of international organizations into the everyday governance of these non-citizen populations.