Below is a series of resources to build your own knowledge about Refugees, Migrant and Asylum Seekers.
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1. Remember the terms
Here at RMC, we work a lot with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants of many kinds. These terms can get confusing and often cross over, so we thought we would help share some ways to find out more about the people we work with.
Migrant
An umbrella term, not defined under international law, reflecting the common lay understanding of a person who moves away from his or her place of usual residence, whether within a country or across an international border, temporarily or permanently, and for a variety of reasons. The term includes a number of well-defined legal categories of people, such as migrant workers; persons whose particular types of movements are legally defined, such as smuggled migrants; as well as those whose status or means of movement are not specifically defined under international law, such as international students.
Refugee
A person who has fled their country of origin and is unable or unwilling to return because of a well-founded fear of being persecuted because of their race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion.
Asylum Seeker
An individual who is seeking international protection. In countries with individualised procedures, an asylum seeker is someone whose claim has not yet been finally decided on by the country in which he or she has submitted it. Not every asylum seeker will ultimately be recognised as a refugee, but every refugee is initially an asylum seeker.
See more about these terms and what it means for people:
What does this all actually look like?
All of this affects real people with real lives. Whether you have been in the UK for many years, or just a short time, it can have an impact. Below is a powerful conversation between two people – Owen, 45, a Jamaican born immigrant who came to the UK when he was four years old, sits down with Mo, 22, a Syrian refugee who came to the UK after fleeing ISIS in his home country.
Stories
Articles
2. Learn more
There are many useful resources to learn more yourself.
- Take the free asylum support e-learning provided by ASAP
- Use the Right to Remain toolkit to find out about the asylum process
- Read about more of the Windrush cases that RMC has been involved in
- Find out more about different terms with Amnesty
- Read up on some of the incredible stories HuffPost put together for Refugee Week and The Metro
- Attend a training course with Restore on befriending
- Enquire about training for you or your organisation from the British Institute of Human Rights
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