Violence and Refugees

Question 1

What is domestic violence?

Answer 1

An ongoing act of undermining a person, done by someone in their inner circle for example physical abuse by parent/spouse

Question 2

Examples of domestic violence

Answer 2

Physical
Emotional
Sexual
Psychological
Verbal
Financial
Digital

Question 3

Example of Financial Violence

Answer 3

Controlling another person’s finances against their own will

Question 4

How is domestic violence a private issue

Answer 4

• often happens in a household

- does not affect a mass of people when being done

Question 5

How is domestic violence a public issue

Answer 5

• public services get involved in case of injury

- financial violence

Question 6

What is a refugee

Answer 6

a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.

Question 7

3 main reasons why people leave their country

Answer 7

• Political Reasons
• War
• Economic Reasons

Question 8

Give examples of political refugees

Answer 8

• Civil/Internal - Syria
• International - Afghanistan
• Cross border conflict - India and Pakistan

Question 9

What does IDP stand for?

Answer 9

Internally Displaced Person

Question 10

What is an IDP?

Answer 10

someone who is forced to flee his or her home but who remains within his or her country’s borders

Question 11

What is an asylum seeker

Answer 11

a person who has sought protection as a refugee, but whose claim for refugee status has not yet been assessed. Every refugee has at some point been an asylum seeker.

Question 12

3 reasons why domestic violence acan cause homelessness.

Answer 12

• violence becomes unbearable
• financial reasons
• lack of affordable housing