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OBJECTIVE Students will analyze refugee issues in various global regions by researching policies and data in order to draw conclusions to the extent to.

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1 OBJECTIVE Students will analyze refugee issues in various global regions by researching policies and data in order to draw conclusions to the extent to which current policies are viable.

2 MINDJOG DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN YOUR GROUP:
What are the factors that produced or are producing refugee populations in the world? What are the challenges that refugee destination nations or agencies face?

3 MINDJOG GET OUT YOUR CURRENT EVENTS ARTICLES INVOLVING REFUGEE ISSUES IN YOUR REGION. DISCUSS YOUR ARTICLES WITHIN YOUR GROUP

4 SOME ADDITIONAL VOCAB (1) BRAIN DRAIN
Large scale migration of talented people from LDC to MDC due to the educational and/or economic opportunities

5 SOME ADDITIONAL VOCAB (2) GUEST WORKER
Workers who migrate to more countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe and Northern Africa, in search of higher paying jobs

6 SOME ADDITIONAL VOCAB (3) ISLANDS OF DEVELOPMENT
Place built up by a government or corporation to attract foreign investment and which has relatively high concentrations of paying jobs and infrastructure

7 Refugees Various different perspectives on what a refugee means
UNHCR  a person who has a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion

8 Internal v. International Refugees
Internal Refugees : displaced person Victims of Katrina Alabama Tornado East Coast Flooding International Refugees Refugees who have crossed one or more international borders during their move, encamping in a different country

9 THREE CHARACTERISTICS
(1) most refugees move without any more tangible property than they can carry or transport with them.

10 THREE CHARACTERISTICS
2. Most refugees make their first step on foot, by bicycle, wagon, or open boat suddenly displaced, options are limited Resources are limited to invest in journey

11 THREE CHARACTERISTICS

12 THREE CHARACTERISTICS
3. Refugees move without official documents that accompany channeled migration International refugees almost without exception migrate without authorization and often carry few or no identifying papers

13 REGION OF DISLOCATIONS
An area which is involved in the flow of refugees (source and destination) This is the activity space of refugees Rankings: (1) Subsaharan Africa (2) Southwest Asia /North Africa (3) South Asia

14 REFUGEE POSTER PROJECT
Summarize the refugee problem for your region using appropriate vocabulary A description of the most pressing refugee problems of the region (causes and issues within the country) Current United Nation activities to deal with refugee issues Also include current non-UN activity in the area A description of the most pressing problems caused by the refugees on their destination locations, including the reactions of those locations Three suggestions for improvement to the current situation (What issues are currently not being addressed?)


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