1. EU Migration and Regugees

2. Migration from outside the EU: True or False
• Europe currently receives over 2 million migrants from beyond its
borders.
• It’s estimated that 80 percent of refugees are women and children.
• 58% of UK citizens believed asylum-seekers and refugees did not make
a positive contribution to the UK.
• Asylum seekers are people who are at risk if they stay in their own
country.
• In 2009, Britons believed that over 100,000 individuals were granted
refugee status, however, the actual figure is 4,672.
L.O. To understand refugee movements to the EU and the impacts of such movements.

3. All the statements
are TRUE
Pick two statements to add to your notes.

4. UK to act with 'urgency' over Syrian
refugees says PM

5. TASK
You work for the Red Cross and you have been asked to write an article for the ‘Geography Review’, a
magazine for A-level students.
Your article should include the following:
• A map
• A definition of a refugee
• And clear impacts of refugee movements on the country they are fleeing and the country they are
moving to.
Use this link to help you get started:
http://www.sln.org.uk/geography/schools/blythebridge/GCSERevisionPopulationM.htm
Then use the extract and watch the video on the next slide to give you more detailed information on
Afghanistan.

6. Watch this....
andthis...

7. Facing a fragile peace and a society torn apart by war, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has
much still to do in Afghanistan. The agency's main focus in Afghanistan in 2013 is the voluntary
return and reintegration of Afghan refugees and internally displaced persons back to their home
country.

8. EXAM QUESTION
What are the push factors that encourage people to
seek asylum in the EU?
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(2 marks)

9. HOMEWORK
• Revise for an END-of-UNIT test.