Economic migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers since the 1980s (OCR GCSE History A (Explaining the Modern World)): Flashcards
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Year Britain signed UN Convention on Refugees
Year Britain signed UN Convention on Refugees
1951
Britain's responsibility under UN Convention on Refugees
Britain's responsibility under UN Convention on Refugees
Provide safety to asylum seekers who asked for it
Decade when refugee numbers rose suddenly
Decade when refugee numbers rose suddenly
1990s
Why refugee numbers rose in 1990s
Why refugee numbers rose in 1990s
Conflict in Europe, Middle East & Africa
2000 survey: belief vs reality of asylum weekly payment
2000 survey: belief vs reality of asylum weekly payment
£113/week believed, £36.54/week reality
2000 survey: belief vs reality % population immigrants
2000 survey: belief vs reality % population immigrants
20% believed, 4% reality
2000 survey: belief vs reality % world refugees taken
2000 survey: belief vs reality % world refugees taken
25% believed, 2% reality
Years when 5 laws made asylum seeking harder
Years when 5 laws made asylum seeking harder
1996-2007
Asylum seeker employment restriction
Asylum seeker employment restriction
Could not work until officially allowed to stay
Asylum seeker location restriction
Asylum seeker location restriction
Had no say in where in Britain they lived
Definition of immigration
Definition of immigration
Movement of people between countries, usually for work
Definition of Commonwealth
Definition of Commonwealth
International association of UK & former British Empire states
Definition of discrimination
Definition of discrimination
Unfair & prejudicial treatment based on race, age or sex