For teachers - ages 9-11 Geography: Activity Sheet: Refugees - Who, Where and Why?
For teachers - ages 9-11 Geography: Activity Sheet: Refugees - Who, Where and Why?
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"Refugees are people who flee their country because of a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group. A refugee either cannot return home, or is afraid to do so."
- Using a dictionary, find the meanings of the following words:
flee
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persecution
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race
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religion
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nationality
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civil war
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asylum
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- a) Give an example of a conflict that has happened in the 1990s that has caused people to flee from their home and country.
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- b) Where have the people fled to?
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- c) What caused the people to flee?
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