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Metrocosm: Visualizing the Flow of Asylum Seekers

For Students 9th - 10th
Watch this dynamic map to understand the flow of asylum seekers to industrialized countries. Click the interactive map to see statistics for specific countries. Data used to construct these maps from the UN Refugee Agency 2013-2016.
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Statistical Yearbook: Unhcr

For Students 9th - 10th
A PDF publication from the U.N. on the state of refugees in the world 2001. Provides data on countries that are taking in refugees, asylum seekers and where they have fled.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Well Founded Fear (Lesson Plans About Asylum Seekers)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two lesson plans about asylum seekers, one of which is based on the case of the SS St. Louis, an ocean liner of Jewish refugees seeking asylum from Nazi persecution in 1939. The lessons let students discuss how U.S. immigration and...
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Expert Witness Database at the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on the need for expert witnesses which is growing as immigration judges are requiring more and more evidence to back claims made by asylum seekers. The Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS) at the University...
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BBC

Bbc: The Road to Refugee

For Students 9th - 10th
Fifty years after the adoption of the UN Convention on Refugees, the decade we live in has seen more of the world's people than ever before seeking refuge from war, persecution or disaster. This special report tells the stories behind...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Freedom From Fear (Lesson Plan About Asylum Seeking)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this mock-trial lesson, students explore the kinds of issues that compel people to leave their own countries and seek refuge in the United States. Requires viewing of select segments from "Destination America," the four-part series...
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Migration Policy Institute

Migration Policy Institute: Immigration in the United States

For Students 9th - 10th
This country profile examines key legislative events that form the history of the U.S. immigration system, the size and attributes of the immigrant population in the country, the characteristics of legal and illegal immigration streams,...