Refugees Webquest

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Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper or you can type in the document. Cite your source for any information found on websites not listed below.

  1. Definitions – find on the following websites
  2. Refugee
  3. Refoulement

2.  UN Refugee Agency http://unhcr.org/globaltrendsjune2013/UNHCR%20GLOBAL%20TRENDS%202012_V05.pdf

a.  On average, how many people seek refugee each year?

b.  Most refugees come from which 5 countries?

c.  From Fig. 5, which 3 countries host the most refugees?

d.  What is a “Durable Solution for Refugees”?

e.  What is an Internally Displace Person (IDP)?

i.  Use Map 3, which countries has the most IDP?

f.  scroll down to table #2 (this table is small-increase to 100%)

i.  Which country has the largest number of refugees?

ii.  2nd?

iii.  3rd?

g.  Go back to the UN HCR Home page http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home -In the top toolbar choose “News and Views” then “Video Galleries”. Select a story about a refugee camp to view.

i.  Write the title of the story chosen.

ii.  What is happening in these camps?

iii.  Describe it.

  1. USA for UN Refugee Agency www.usaforunhcr.org
  2. from the top toolbar choose “Where We Work” then “Syria.” How many Syrians have fleed their homes?
  3. Read Khaled Hosseini’s story http://www.unrefugees.org/2014/03/khaled-hosseini-visits-syrian-refugees-in-iraq-urges-more-global-support/ . What does his work involve?
  1. Doctors without Borders http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/events/refugeecamp/home/ on the right side toolbar click the Interactive Map “Preview the Exhibit” -
  2. What are the questions that a refugee must ask? Click on the interactive preview to answer this question.
  3. Go to: http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/press/release.cfm?id=3136&cat=press-release - Read: WHO Experts Raise Antiquated Nutrition Standards. Summarize this news story.
  1. H. Nizam Din & Sons http://www.nizamcanvas.com/refugee.htm
  2. Yes-you can make a business out of refugees. What supplies do you need if you become displaced?
  1. Lost Boys of Sudan
  2. Read their story http://www.lostboyschicago.com/
  3. Which area of Sudan are the boys from?
  4. Why did the boys leave Sudan?
  5. Why did they leave Ethiopia?
  6. Optional: What is one of the “lost boys” doing today? http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/12/30/373831086/a-lost-boy-helps-the-girls-of-south-sudan-find-an-education
  1. US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants - http://www.refugees.org/resources/uscri_reports/archived-world-refugee-surveys/2009-world-refugee-survey.html
  2. Click “Warehoused Refugee Populations” –
  3. Define Warehouse –
  4. Which country is warehousing the most refugees? Where are the refugees from?
  5. Click “Refugee and Asylum Seekers Worldwide” –
  6. List the countries whose refugees seek asylum in the United States.
  7. Pick a country to read about – Write the name of the country on your paper.
  8. How many people are seeking refuge or asylum in the country? From which countries are people seeking refuge?
  9. What is the GDP per capita?
  10. Is the host country offering physical protection?
  11. Do the refugees have the right to freedom of movement, earn a living and receive an education?
  12. Refugees International http://refugeesinternational.org/policy/field-report
  13. Choose one of the field reports to investigate a refugee situation.
  14. Write the name of the field report on your paper. Research the issue in that country. Following are suggested topics to investigate. Every field report may not answer every question.
  15. What is the reason people are fleeing?
  16. How long has this been happening?
  17. What countries do people flee to?