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Spending time talking to children about migration can help build empathy for others and create more inclusive and welcoming communities for everyone.
And what better time to talk about it than #RefugeeWeek? Here are our top tips ⬇
And what better time to talk about it than #RefugeeWeek? Here are our top tips ⬇
1. Start with yourself.
Our teaching resources contain all the information you need to discuss this topic, so use that to guide you: bit.ly/UnderstandingM… ⬇
Our teaching resources contain all the information you need to discuss this topic, so use that to guide you: bit.ly/UnderstandingM… ⬇
2. Ask what they already know. Young people will have their own questions, understanding, and potential misconceptions about why people migrate and why they come to the UK.
Our Newsthink resources can help you start the conversation: bit.ly/3zP9HKg ⬇
Our Newsthink resources can help you start the conversation: bit.ly/3zP9HKg ⬇
1. How does the Refugee Convention work? As part of #RefugeeWeek, here's our series 60 second explainer videos, starting with the convention itself
2. What does "well-founded fear" mean?
3. What sort of treatment might amount to being persecuted?
THREAD: As it is #WorldRefugeeDay and the start of #RefugeeWeek2022 let's have a little look at some of the common misconceptions, and plain lies, spread about asylum seekers coming to the UK shall we? 1/
Let's start, appropriately, with the common myth of "first safe country". Now this gets said a lot, but in reality there is no mention of first safe country in any internationally recognised legal instrument related to refugees. 2/
The closest reference you will find is in the Dublin Regs, which the UK has now left, and even then effectively first country of entry is at the bottom of a hierarchical list of criteria for determining which state should process the application. 3/
Thread: As the @ukhomeoffice has taken it upon itself to hijack the #RefugeeWeek hashtag, it's important to remember that not only do resettlement places globally account for a tiny fraction of refugees, it is also not illegal to seek asylum. 1/
Patel is attempting to make a distinction between those who use resettlement routes and those who seek asylum by other means. There is no such distinction under international law though. A refugee is permitted to enter a country via any means necessary without being penalised. 2/
Patel's #NewPlanForImmigration sets in place penalties though. It automatically creates a two tier system, a system which directly contravenes international refugee law to which the UK is a signatory. It also ignores the myriad of reasons someone may become a refugee. 3/
Do the work to connect the dots between how white supremacy expresses itself in Australia. This is racism in Australia at work. Name it as such. Call it out. This #RefugeeWeek connect that #deathsincustody and deaths in detention are two expressions of the same system.
“The police are being really heavy handed, throwing and punching people around despite nothing but peaceful protests. There are young girls with black eyes, being punched in the collar bone, it's just disgusting.”
-Msg now from Kangaroo Point Central Hotel blockade #gameover
-Msg now from Kangaroo Point Central Hotel blockade #gameover
the Kangaroo Point Central Hotel blockade was set up the last few days to prevent the government/SERCO from smuggling out refugees detained in the hotel to higher security prisons like BITA. #freethemnow #setthemfree #justiceforrefugees #gameover #refugeeweek
