Overview
To help you engage your students in the topic of migration Young Citizens have developed a flexible teaching resource for delivery during curricular or extra-curricular sessions.
This resource:
- explores the various reasons that lead people to migrate
- unpacks the differences between refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants
- examines key pieces of legislation to see what rights migrants have in national and international law
- analyses a number of real life case studies
Acknowledgements:
This classroom resource was developed in partnership with international law firm A&O Shearman, who provide legal services to global businesses and industry. Their support enabled this specialist resource to be distributed to schools for free.
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