Who am I? 1.4

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

In the last lesson we looked at our family histories. 

We shared some of this information with our classmates.

We heard that imigration is not a new thing, it has been going on forever.

Using the information, try and make a family tree, write the names and places of birth.

Please explain in your own words what migration means.

Reasons for migration

1. economical
2. social 
3. political
4. environmental

Economical

People may migrate, because they can't earn enough money in their home-country.

Social

People may migrate, because another group of people opresses (onderdrukken) or discriminates (discrimineren) against them.

Political

People may migrate, because their government (regering) makes up laws (wetten) that are not fair.

Environmental

People may migrate, because their country has lots of waste (afval) everywhere and there is no one to get rid of it.

push or pull?

Reasons for migration

• Push-factors
• Pull-factors

Push- and pull-factors

Write down as many push-factors and pull-factors that you can think of.

push-factor: reason for someone to leave their country.

pull-factor: reason for someone to move to a certain country.

Push-factors:

Lack of schools, healthcare etc.

Being unsafe

Poverty

High levels of crime

Crops failing

Disasters

Conflict/war

Pull-factors:

Better work

Good schools, healthcare etc.

Safer

Less crime

Better climate

Political stability

Fertile (vruchtbaar) land

Less risk of disasters

What does 'refugee' (vluchteling) mean to you?

Look up the meaning of 'refugee' on the internet and post your findings here.

United Nations

Under the United Nations 1951 Refugee Convention, a refugee

is defined as someone with a "well-founded fear of being persecuted (vervolging) for reasons of

race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion"

and who "owing to such fear are unwilling to return to their country”.

Refugees

Which of those push- and pull- factors that we just talked about can belong to someone who is a refugee?

Remember the 17 SDGs?

Here's a short clip of Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) explaining the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

Using the information, try and make a family tree, write the names and places of birth. Finish for Homework