1. Now let’s see some key facts, any surprise you?-
The week commencing 19th June is Refugee Week. This is a topic that people can be quite emotive . There’s lots of useful info to look at if you go to
Did you realise the following people were refugees?
Rita Ora came to the UK as a refugee from Kosovo as a baby.
Wyclef Jean – Haitian refugee. Named group Fugees (short for refugee).
Omid Djalili – comedian. He and his family are Iranian refugees.
Do you feel we should allow more refugees to stay and remain in the UK? Discuss as a group.
Now let’s see some key facts, any surprise you?-

2. In 2016, the UK received 39,000 applications, including dependants
In 2016, the UK received 39,000 applications, including dependants. This is considerably less than the number of applications received in other countries, and makes the UK the sixth out of the EU’s 28 member states in terms of asylum applications. Most recent figures show that in mid-2016 there were 117,176 refugees, 34,445​ pending asylum cases and 60 stateless persons in the UK.
World-wide around 86% of all refugees live in developing countries, not in wealthy industrialised countries. 
In 2016, the largest number of asylum applications came from nationals of: Iran (4,192), followed by Pakistan (2,857), Iraq (2,666), Afghanistan (2,341), Bangladesh (1,939), Albania (1,488), and India (1,488). 
The majority of asylum seekers do not have the right to work in the United Kingdom and so must rely on state support. Housing is provided, but asylum seekers cannot choose where it is, and it is often ‘hard to let’ properties which Council tenants do not want to live in. Cash support is available, and is currently set at £36.95 per person, per week, which makes it £5.28 a day for food, sanitation and clothing.