Economic migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers since the 1980s (OCR GCSE History B (Schools History Project)): Flashcards
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Year Britain signed UN Convention on Refugees
Year Britain signed UN Convention on Refugees
1951
What UN Convention on Refugees committed Britain to provide
What UN Convention on Refugees committed Britain to provide
Place of safety to foreign asylum seekers
Decade when refugee numbers suddenly rose
Decade when refugee numbers suddenly rose
1990s
Cause of 1990s refugee rise
Cause of 1990s refugee rise
Conflict in Europe, Middle East and Africa
Year & source of asylum misinformation survey
Year & source of asylum misinformation survey
Ipsos MORI 2000
Actual weekly support for asylum seekers (2000)
Actual weekly support for asylum seekers (2000)
£36.54/week
Actual % of UK population who were immigrants (2000)
Actual % of UK population who were immigrants (2000)
4%
Actual % of world's refugees Britain took in (2000)
Actual % of world's refugees Britain took in (2000)
2%
Laws passed to restrict asylum (years)
Laws passed to restrict asylum (years)
Five laws between 1996 and 2007
Immigration definition
Immigration definition
Movement of people from one country to another for work
Alien (medieval England meaning)
Alien (medieval England meaning)
Migrants from foreign countries
Commonwealth definition
Commonwealth definition
UK & states that previously belonged to British Empire