GRN AP HUG PG. 118-120 Flashcards
What is forced migration?
When people are compelled to leave their homes by fear f push factors.
Refugee def.
People who are forced out of their country due to fear of persecution
Asylum def.
The right to protection in a new country
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs):
People who have been forced to leave their homes but within the countries boarders
Number of people driven from their homes in the year 2018
2.3 million
Including the 2018 numbers, the total number of people forcibly displaced
70.8 million
Total number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
41 million
Total number of refugees
25 million
Total number of asylum seekers (still waiting for refugee status)
3.5 million
True or False. Human trafficking is a form of slavery, which still exists today, even though slavery
was outlawed 150 years ago.
True
True or False. Most refugees know what their future will be.
False
True or False. It is easy to convince people to move to new locations, because often times people
view where they are living as just a place to live and not as a home – meaning that they have no real
attachment to the place where they live.
False
Define Human Trafficking
The recruitment, transportation, harboring or respite of persons by improper means.
People who are victims of human trafficking are often illegally sold for what three purposes?
labor, services, or commercial sex.
True or False. Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish between voluntary and forced migration.
true
