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Migration in a local context
This could be a piece of research, a homework task or
the basis of a project. Either way, it can provide an
opportunity to share knowledge and ideas between
pupils. Alternatively, if students have limited personal
experience of migrating groups, you could take the
opportunity to provide some facts and figures about
some relevant groups to your region e.g.
• How many countries do you know where there are
migrants/minority ethnic groups?
Following any of these activities you could exchange your
findings and points of view with your partner school using
your usual channels of communication.
What experiences do they have of immigration, emigration
and migration?
Do they hold similar views to your learners or bring new
perspectives on the issues?
• Have people arrived in or left your own country?
For what reasons?
• What factors make it easier or harder for new arrivals
to settle into a country?
• What factors sometimes make it hard for people in
a country to welcome new arrivals?
• To what extent do you believe that people should
help anyone in need, irrespective of the race, colour,
ethnicity, nationality, culture or beliefs?
• Human rights come before all other rights?’
Do you agree or disagree with this statement.
Think about circumstances that make it easier
or harder to act on this belief.
Carribean migrants playing cards ©Imperial War Museum
Migration education pack
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