1. Refugees
In Maths?

2. Which of these statements defines a refugee?
Someone who has been forced to leave their home but has found safety in another part of their own country.
Someone who is outside their own country and unable to return, in fear of death, imprisonment or harassment because of their race, religion, nationality, social group or political opinions.
Someone who has fled their own country and crossed an international border, asking another country to give them protection.
Someone who leaves their own country to earn money or seek work in another country.

3. The United Nations defines a refugee as
"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.".

4. If we are frightened of being badly treated in our own country,
Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
If we are frightened of being badly treated in our own country,
we all have the right to run away to another country to be safe.
Article 14 from ‘The Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Simplified Version by Amnesty International’
In Amnesty International (2008) We are all born free

5. Different Kinds of Migrants
Someone who has been forced to leave their home but has found safety in another part of their own country. INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSON
Someone who is outside their own country and unable to return, in fear of death, imprisonment or harassment because of their race, religion, nationality, social group or political opinions. REFUGEE
Someone who has fled their own country and crossed an international border, asking another country to give them protection. ASYLUM SEEKER
Someone who leaves their own country to earn money or seek work in another country. ECONOMIC MIGRANT

6. Numbers of Migrants - Bean Activity
290 million people migrate from their homes in a year as refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced or economic migrants.
Using 29 beans to represent 10 million people, guess the numbers of each category of migrant.

7. Actual numbers worldwide:
Refugees 23 million 2 beans (or 3 beans)
Asylum Seekers 3 million 0 beans (or 1 bean)
Internally displaced 40 million 4 beans
Economic migrants 220 million 22 beans

8. Which one of the following statements about EU migrants in Scotland is true?
EU migrants cost the Scottish economy #6 million per year.
EU migrants contribute #4 billion each year to the Scottish economy.
EU migrants cost the Scottish economy #32.5 million each year.
EU migrants contribute #120 million each year to the Scottish economy.

9. EU migrants contribute #4 billion each year to the Scottish economy.
Data from “Start the Change” powerpoint presentation – Day 1

10. The most important thing
Imagine you have to flee from your home. You have 5 minutes to collect some things to take with you. You must be able to carry these things. What would you take?

11. You are a refugee – How do you feel?
In groups, using chart paper, draw a stick person in the middle.
Surround that person with words to describe how you might feel if you had to flee from your home. Enclose these words in a circle.
Outside the circle, write words to describe how you might feel if you arrived in a country that met all of your needs (security, housing, food, citizenship, education, work, etc.) perfectly.

12. Data Gathering and Analysis - Starter Quiz
1. List these countries in order of which has the biggest number of refugees:
Germany
Syria
Turkey
U.K.
2. List these countries in order of which has the biggest number of refugees per head of population:
Lebanon
Sweden
3. List these countries in order of which has the biggest number of refugees per square kilometer:

13. Data Gathering and Analysis
Comparing refugee data between countries
Country of asylum
Number of refugees (1000s)
Population (1000s)
Number of refugees as a % of population (to 2 decimal places) 1 2

14. Syrian crisis – imagining the numbers.
Use these words/phrases to fill in the blanks in the sentences below:
two times half one-fiftieth of four times
million million 9.3 million
In 2014, the population of Syria was ________________, almost _________ the population of Scotland.
On 15 March 2014, three years after the conflict began, _________________ Syrians needed humanitarian support. This is almost ________________ the population of Scotland.
More than ____________________ Syrians had fled to neighbouring countries as refugees. This is almost ____________________ the population of Scotland.
More than ___________________ had died because of the conflict. This is almost ________________________ the population of Scotland.

15. On 15 March 2014, three years since the conflict began, 9
On 15 March 2014, three years since the conflict began, 9.3 million Syrians needed humanitarian support – almost half the population. More than 2.25 million Syrians had fled to neighbouring countries as refugees and more than had died as a result of the conflict.
Data from:

16. Representing the data …

17. Bar Chart showing the numbers of refugees in different countries
Number of refugees (1000s)
Countries

18. Bar Chart showing the numbers of refugees as a % of the population
in various countries
Number of refugees as a % of the population
Countries

19. If we invited 100 refugees to a party …
If we invited 100 refugees from around the world to a party, then …
Number of refugees in any country x = number of refugees at our party
Total number of refugees in the world who live in that country
For example
Our party would have:
2869/22524 x 100 = … or 13 refugees from Turkey
119/22524 x 100 = … or 1 refugee from U.K.
How could you represent these figures creatively and pictorially?

20. Stan’s café – Of all the people in the world
Let’s make 1 grain of rice (or 1 of something else) represent refugees.
Of all the refugees in the world …
are living in Germany.
We can round this to , and represent it by 7 grains of rice.
are living in U.K.
We can round this to , and represent it by 1 grain of rice.

21. Factual Accurate Clear Interesting Creative
There are endless ways to represent data on refugees.
Make your presentation:
Factual
Accurate
Clear
Interesting
Creative