Global Migration
In 2015, the highest number of immigrants to the US came from _______ followed by ________ and then _____.
India; China; Mexico
Refugees International was founded in 1979 as a way to protect ________ refugees.
Indochinese
Trump was highly critical of a resettlement plan between the US and Australia which Obama negotiated. The US would take 1,250 refugees being held in offshore detention centers. By 9/2018, only 350 had been resettled and persons from _____ and ____ had been rejected.
Iran and Somalia
Trump's third executive order dealing with immigration banned nationals from ____,____, ____, ____, ___ and _______ from entering the US for at least 90 days; blocked nationals from ________ indefinitely; and suspended the US refugee program for 120 days. The Supreme Court allowed a third iteration of this policy to stand.
Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen; Syria
The current wave of refugees from the Levant can be traced to the 2003 invasion of _____.
Iraq
With the exception of ______, many countries hosting Syrian refugees have laws preventing refugees from getting jobs.
Iraq
In ________, 1 in 2 people think migration is a problem. These same citizens perceive that 26% of their population is composed of immigrants. In truth, only __% of their population is immigrant.
Italy; 9.5%
________ cities limit their cooperation with the federal authorities regarding the treatment of undocumented immigrants. Over ______ counties have such policies.
Sanctuary; 600 counties
In 2016, the fastest growing refugee problem was in ______ ______.
South Sudan
55% of refugees worldwide come from these three countries:_______,________,________.
South Sudan, Afghanistan, Syria
_________ people are not considered as nationals by any state.
Stateless (10 million)
According to US law, ________ ______ meet the criteria for refugees, but apply within the US or at ports of entry after arriving under a different status.
asylum seekers
Germany emphasizes that noncitizen workers be committed to the "____ ___ ______ in host country".
way of life in the host country
The UN Youth Strategy has five priorities for the next five years: 1) amplify youth voices; 2)supports youth's access to quality _________ and healthcare; 3)supporting youth's access to _______; 4)promoting the rights of young people and supporting their _______ engagement; 5)supporting young people as catalysts for Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action.
2) quality education 3) access to employment 4) civic engagement
At the end of 2016, there were ____ million asylum-seekers.
2.8 million
Of the 154 foreign-born terrorists that committed attacks in the US since 1975, _______ were refugees.
20
The number of people who crossed the southern US border illegally fell from 1.8 million in 2000 to _________ in 2015.
200,000
Regarding the Rohingya, five key priorities have been identified by Refugees International: 1) Led by Senior general Min Aung Hlaing, the 33rd and 99th Rapid Action Battalions of the Myanmar military have carried out _________ cleansing of Rohingya. The US should release its report and demand access for the UN Fact Finding Mission. 2) Ongoing persecution of Rohingya inside Myanmar, specifically in the ________ state, must be stopped by a global arms embargo, targeted sanctions and referral to the _______ _______ ________. 3) The one million Rohingya in Bangladesh are still at risk of floods and landslides in the camps. Bangladesh refuses to call the Rohingya _________. Bangladesh proposes to move the refugees to Bhashan Char, an island in the Bay of _____- which is prone to cyclone and flooding risks. The US and UN should work to prevent the move and to encourage Bangladesh to remove bureaucratic barriers to aid. 4) ____________ of Rohingya to Myanmar will be part of a sustainable solution. 5) Myanmar must take accountability for the human rights abuses. Thus far, a handful of military officers have been demoted, but Aung San Suu Kyi has ________ the military's claim of innocence. Referral by the UN to the ICC would likely be vetoed by _____. Other accountability mechanisms include rigorous evidence accumulation that could be used in an ICC case and targeted _______ against individuals and army units. And Trump should appoint a high-level ________ ______ to Myanmar.
1) ethnic 2) Rakhine; International Criminal Court 3) refugees; Bengal 4) Repatriation 5) defended; China; sanctions; presidential envoy
The RAND Corporation found that the following factors contribute to radicalization of refugees: 1)___________;2)lack of _____opportunity;3)treatment received by the ______country;
1) poverty 2) lack of personal opportunity 3) host country
According to the RAND corporation, achieving Syrian refugees socioeconomic integration into the host countries requires: 1)___________________________________; and 2________________________.
1) recognizing that social and economic integration are inter-correlated 2) increasing refugee employment while minimizing negative effects on labor outcomes of the native population
In South Sudan, over 1.9 million people are refugees and another ___ million have been displaced inside the country.
1.9 million
In 2007, the undocumented population peaked at 12.2 million. In 2015, the number was ____ million.
11 million
The undocumented population is about _____ million and has leveled off since the 2008 economic crisis. More than half have lived in the US for more than a _______. One-third are the parents of US -______children.
11 million; decade; US-born
Although President Bush suspended refugee admission for a few months following 9/11, he and Obama raised the ceiling on admissions. By 2017, Obama had set a ceiling of _________. Since then, Trump has lowered the ceiling to 45,000 in 2018 and _______ in 2019 because of the backlog of 800,000 asylum seekers who reached the US southern border.
110,000 in 2017; 30,000 in 2019
20 people are newly displaced every day. 1 in _____ people are now displaced, equal to the 20th most populous country in the world. (bigger than Britain).
113
Immigrants (43.3 million) make up ___% of the US population; immigrants and their children (84.3 million) make up ____% of the US population.
13%; 26%
Immigrants compose ____% of the US population, more than ___million out of a total population of 323 million people.
14%; 43 million
In 2013, the US ranked _____ among OECD countries in terms of percentage of foreign born persons in its population. ________ had the highest percentage.
14th; Luxembourg
Only ___ of displaced persons are hosted in the Americas.
16%
Immigrants make up ____% of the US workforce.
17%
In 2014, immigrants made up ___% of the workforce.
17%
From 1980 to the present, numbers of refugees admitted has generally fallen from 200,000 in 1980 to only _______ in 2018.
22,500
In 2017, there was a ____% drop in the number of people stopped at the border.
26%
Immigrants and their US born children make up __% of US inhabitants.
27%
Young people are more than ____ times as likely as adults to be unemployed.
3 times
According to the people Judy Dempsey interviewed, there is disagreement over whether Europeans are or are not afraid of migration. A Eurobarometer poll found _____ in 10 Europeans do think migration is a problem.
4 in 10
In the 2017 Fortune 500 list, ___% were founded by 1st or 2nd generation immigrants. Among the largest 25 firms, ___% were founded by 1st or 2nd generation immigrants.
43%; 52%
Immigrants make up ___% of domestic employees, ___% of manufacturing, 33% of agriculture, and 32% of accommodation.
45%; 36%; 33%;
Signed under President Jimmy Carter, the Refugee Act of 1980 established permanent procedures for vetting, admitting and resettling refugees. Although it gave the president the power to admit more refugees in times of crisis, the Act limited the number of refugees to ________ annually.
50,000
In 2016, the Total Protection Rate for asylum seekers was ___%. Applicants from _____ had a 99% acceptance rate. Those from Iraq 68%, Iran 59%, Afghanistan 57% and Pakistan 24%.
60%; Syria
The homicide rate in the Northern Triangle countries of Latin America - El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala - is much higher than in the US. For instance, in 2017, the homicide rate per 100, 000 people in the US was 5.3 while in El Salvador it was __, Honduras _____, and Guatemala ___.
60.0; 42.8; 26.1
At the end of 2016, 1 in 4 South Sudanese had been displaced from their homes, __% of whom were children.
66%
Of the 1.8 billion people in the world ages 10-24, ___% of them live in developing countries.
90%
Most of the world's displaced persons are hosted in _______ followed by ____ ____ and ____ ____.
Africa; Middle East; North Africa
In _________, undocumented immigrants can have driver's licenses, access in-state tuition and have other benefits.
California
In 2016, Syrians constituted the largest forcibly displaced population (12 million) followed by _______.
Colombia
At the end of 2016, the UN listed 67.75 million persons of concern. These numbers included 17 million refugees, almost 3 million asylum seekers, 36 million internally displaced persons. The country with the most IDPs was _______ followed closely by _____ and then _______.
Colombia; Syria; Iraq
Refugee International's Climate Displacement Program was founded by former leader Ken Bacon who witnessed what happened in _________ when drought fueled ethnic tensions.
Darfur
President Barack Obama's DACA or _____ ____ for _____ ______ offered renewable, two -year deportation deferrals and work permits to undocumented immigrants who had arrived in the US as children and had no _______ __________.
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals; no criminal background
In 2016, the largest group of newly displaced persons was 1.3 million in the _____ ______ ______.
Democratic Republic of Congo
In 2018, the highest number of refugees coming to the US were from ______, _______, _______ and _____ in descending order.
Democratic Republic of Congo, Myanmar, Ukraine, and Bhutan
Trump has phased out DACA.(t/f)
False
Most of the applicants for asylum sought refuge in ________ followed by the US, _______, and Turkey. In Germany, over 1/3 of asylum seekers were from _______. In the US, half of the asylum applicants were from ________ America.
Germany; Italy; Syria; Central America
RI visited ______ to evaluate the impact of Hurricane Matthew.
Haiti
For UN purposes, a Palestinian refugee is defined as a person displaced from their home and livelihood in Palestine between June 1 _____ and May 15 _____. Both refugees and their descendants can register with UNRWA for services. In 2016, 5.3 million Palestinians were registered as refugees.
June 1, 1946 and May 15, 1948
Women, children and _______ people face especially high levels of danger in the Northern triangle.
LGBTQ
Relative to its population, _______ hosts the most refugees(1 in 6 people is a refugee). Jordan (1 in 11) and Turkey(1 in 28) rank second and third.
Lebanon
Northern Triangle asylum seekers have applied in other Central American countries. The largest percentage increase in the number have applying for asylum is in _________.
Mexico (1970%)
From 2006 to 2016, the highest number of refugees coming to the US were from _____, _____ and _____ in descending order.
Myanmar, Iraq, and Bhutan
RI has also visited ______ which in 2015 experienced massive floods and ________ which affected 9 million people.
Myanmar; landslides
The _________ Initiative seeks protection for people who flee their countries as a result of climate-related disasters.
Nansen
In 2016, the UN adopted the ____ _______ declaration for Refugees and Migrants which recognized the need for a comprehensive approach to migration.
New York
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has won the ______ ______ _____ twice, in 1954 and 1981.
Nobel Peace Prize
Mandated in 1949, the United Nation Relief and Works Agency for ____ _____ in the ________ ____ aids 5.5 million Palestinians in the ______ Strip, West Bank (including East ________) ,_____,______ and ________.
Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Gaza; East Jerusalem; Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria
The RI's first mission in the US was to _____ _____ where they found the government's response to Hurricane _____ to be inadequate.
Puerto Rico; Hurricane Maria
As defined by US law as well as the 1951 _______ ________, refugees are persons who have been persecuted or have reason to believe they will be persecuted on one of five grounds:_____,____,____,____,_____.
Refugee Convention; race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group
In 2016, over 700,000 refugees fled these 6 African countries:________,________,_______,_______,_______,________.
Sudan, Ethiopia, Central African Republic, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya
In 2016, the ____ _____ killed a similar action by President Obama to extend benefits to the undocumented parents of US citizens and permanent residents.
Supreme Court
The largest displacement crisis in the world is in _______ which has 6.3 million people ______ displaced and 4 million registered as refugees in neighboring countries.
Syria; internally
In 2018, Texas, __________, and ______ took the highest number of refugees. _____ and _____ took no refugees.
Texas, Washington, and Ohio took the most; Hawaii and Wyoming took no refugees
Citizenship and Immigration Services(USCIS) - a division of the Department of Homeland Security -makes the final determination on whether to approve resettlement applications. (t/f)
True
In 2016, 6.5 million IDPs (the highest number on record) were able to return to their homes. (t/f)
True
Refugees International does not accept government or UN funding. (t/f)
True
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes the contribution of migration to sustainable development. (t/f)
True
Trump's second executive order expanded the categories of unauthorized immigrants prioritized for removal. (t/f)
True
The country which houses the most refugees is _________(2.9 million) followed by _________(1.4 million) followed by ________(1 million). The refugees in Turkey come from Syria and _____. The refugees in Pakistan come mainly from ___________.
Turkey; Pakistan; Lebanon; Iraq; Afghanistan
In order to apply to the US as a refugee, the person must first register with the_______________________________. After obtaining documentation, the person is referred to one of _____ US State Department Resettlement Support Centers where intensive security checks are undertaken. Department of _______ _______ is the primary agency responsible for vetting the security of each individual.
UN High Commission for Refugees; 9; Homeland Security
Resettlement is another solution. In 2016, the _____ received 51%(96,900) of resettlement refugees followed by Canada and Australia.
US
The UN Refugee Agency emerged after ______ ____ __. Established in 1950 by the UN General Assembly, the UNHCR initially had only a _____ year mandate. Its headquarters are in Geneva, but 89% of its staff are in the _______.
World War II; 3 year mandate; field
In 2016, RI (Refugee International) traveled to __________ where drought left 4 million people without food. In response to the RI report, the US government contributed and additional $54.5 million to the disaster.
Zimbabwe
51% of refugees are _________.
children
Trump's first executive order regarding immigration authorized the ______________________. It also called for an end to the policy of _________ and _______whereby unauthorized immigrants captured at the border are released into the US pending court hearings. It also expanded the application of expedited removal which allows any immigrant who cannot document living in the US for the preceding 2 years to be deported without a court hearing.
creation of a physical wall to obtain complete control of the US-Mexico border; catch and release
Voluntary _________is a solution for less than 5% of refugees.
repatriation
84% of the world's refugees are hosted by _________ nations.
developing
By the end of 2016, 65.6 million people have been displaced from their homes because of conflict and persecution. Among them are 22.5 million refugees, ______ of whom are under age 18.
half
Noncitizen residents of Europe show _______ levels of joblessness when compared to citizens in Germany, Greece, Italy and the UK.
higher
In a recent appeal for $5.8 billion, $4.6 billion went to the UN and NGOs and only $1.2 billion for _______ country governments. It favors short term emergency aid over long term sustainable solutions.
host country governments
The RAND corporation targets these four areas for focus on helping integrate Syrian refugees: humanitarian assistance, _________, _______, and security.
humanitarian assistance, education, jobs, and security
The last attempt of Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill was ____, but the House of representatives never brought this Senate bill to a vote.
in 2013
The RAND Corporation believes that humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees should go to expanding existing services in the host country than to parallel new services managed by the _________ aid community.
international
In 2017, the number of migrants reached 258 million. A migrant is defined as a person who has moved across an _______ border or within a state away from her habitual place of residence regardless of the person's _____ status, whether the movement is voluntary or involuntary, what the causes of movement are, and what the length of stay. 150 million of these migrants are _______ _______.
international border; legal status; migrant workers
Challenges to immigrants to EU include a lack of _______ skills and the inability to transfer qualifications from one country to another.
language skills
A _________ is an umbrella term for people leaving their homes and often crossing international border whether for economic opportunity or to escape persecution.
migrant
Research across Europe shows that _____ attitudes toward migration and multiculturalism better predict voting for populist parties and causes(Brexit) than more traditional socioeconomic indicators.According to a recent study by the Rand Corporation, multiple EU countries' populations believe the presence of refugees increases the chance of _________ and decreases the jobs and social benefits available to citizens.
negative; terrorism
Under a 2008 human trafficking law, minors from ____ _______ countries have a right to a deportation hearing before being returned to their home countries.
non-contiguous
In 2017, 71% of Americans considered immigration a good thing. Even among Republicans, support for a _____________(76%) was higher than support for a border wall (62%).
path to citizenship
In Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, less than half of Syrian children are in _________.
school
The UK emphasizes that noncitizen workers _______ ___________.
speak English
The TPS or ________ ________ _________ for those who have suffered environmental disasters in their home countries was denied thousands of ______ and Nicaraguans in 2017 and Hondurans, Nepalis, and Salvadorans in ______.
temporary protected status; Haitians; 2018
Individuals who overstay their _______ outnumber those who arrived by crossing the border illegally by six hundred thousand since 2007
visas
