Transcript Refugees and Immigration in the UK

Refugees & Asylum
Seekers in the UK 2
Following your research, has your
position on the spectrum altered?
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o/2009/mar/16/asylum-seekersrefused-britain
Objectives
To understand the causes of flows of
refugees and asylum seekers into the UK.
To understand the consequences of flows
of refugees and asylum seekers into the
UK.
Where do asylum seekers to the UK
come from?
Country of
origin 2007
Number
Afghanistan
9000
Iraq
6800
Somalia
6500
Sri Lanka
5500
Turkey
3600
Iran
3400
Former
Yugoslavia
3200
Pakistan
2700
China
2300
Zimbabwe
2100
Cause
For each explain why people are seeking asylum
Give other examples of past refugee flows to the UK
Consequences of flows of
refugees and asylum seekers
Where/how are these people housed?
The effect on local schools, health and welfare
services and the local economy
The social effect of locals resenting the
newcomers
Repatriation/deportation of failed asylum
seekers
Where do people go?
There is an issue with
how to look after asylum
seekers. Most need to
be kept secure whilst
their credentials are
checked and formalities
completed. So most are
held in one of the UK’s
15 detention centres or
even prison for a few This raises human rights
days whilst they are
issues as people including
assessed.
children are being detained
without trial for an unlimited
period of time.
Read the articles
What happens next?
If they are unlikely to abscond or are families
with children and do not have money to support
themselves they will be housed and given 70%
of income support in the form of vouchers by
NASS (National Asylum Support Service).
They are not allowed to work. Since 1999 the
UK has operated a dispersal system to move
people from the South East and Ports of entry.
People are moved to cluster areas these are
often poor, stressed neighbourhoods.
Describe the current distribution of asylum
seekers using the map
The impact of asylum seekers
on Glasgow
Around 6000 are housed
on a council estate in
Sighthill in North
Glasgow.
The estate has ten 20
storey blocks of flats
built in 60’s and due for
demolition. It is the most
deprived part of Glasgow
•Most are Kurds
•60% are under 34
•20% are graduates
•75% educated at secondary level
•66% were employed in their country
of origin
•88% would like to settle in Glasgow
Read the statements, sort them into
piles, make notes and be ready to
feed back to Economic
Impact on
Impact
local services
the class
Reaction of
locals
Effects on the
asylum
seekers
Plenary: Are Asylum Seekers a
good thing for Scotland?
Look at this data,
Between 2001 and 2041
The population will fall from 5 to 4.5 million
The proportion > 65 will increase by 50%
The proportion<15 will fall by 30%
Homework: Make notes on how asylum seekers can solve
Scotland’s population problem