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Case Study 1: Refugees
  • Introduction
  • Core Lesson: Refugees
  • Option 1: Legislation
  • Option 2: Media
  • Option 3: Government
  • Option 4: Dover
  • Option 5: Citizens


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    Useful Links

    Organisations

    Refugee Council 3 Bondway, London, SW8 1SJ. Tel. 020 7582 6922 www.refugeecouncil.org.uk

    Minority Rights Group 379 Brixton Rd, London, SW9 7DE. Tel. 020 7978 9498 www.minorityrights.org

    Amnesty International 1 Easton Rd, London, WC1X 8DJ. Tel 020 7413 5500 www.amnesty.org

    Human Rights Watch 33 Islington High St, London, N1 9LH. Tel. 020 7713 1995 www.hrw.org

    Home Office Public Enquiry Team, Room 856 50, Queen Anne's Gate, London, SW1H 9AT. Tel. 020 7273 4000 www.homeoffice.gov.uk

    United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 21st floor, Millbank Tower, 21 Millbank, London, SW1P 4QP. Tel. 020 7828 9191 www.unhcr.ch

    United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 21st floor, Millbank Tower, 21 Millbank, London, SW1P 4QP. Tel. 020 7828 9191 www.unhcr.ch

    Publications

    Additional Resources

    'We Left Because We Had To' (Refugee Council, London, 2001) Book including dozens of activities based on real-life stories and up-to-date case studies. Aimed at 14/-/18 year-olds but including some materials accessible for Key Stage 3.

    'iD: Citizenship' (BBC, 2001) Teachers' Resource (reference: 542055) £9.99. Secondary Video Tape (reference: 170110) £7.50. Video and resource pack covering citizenship, aimed at Key Stage 3 and 4 students. One of the films explores issues around a refugee arriving in a new school. Tel. 01937 541001

    Channel 4 Off Limits School Stories Video Refugee Voices (IPC: 194286) £4.99. Refugees from Somalia, Kurdistan and other places, now in British schools, tell of their experiences of being forced to leave their native countries and start new lives in Britain. Tel. 01926 436 444

    'To Feel At Home: Integration of Refugees in Europe' (UNHCR, 1998) Video and resource pack produced by UNHCR and IBT, available from UNHCR.Web site with photographs and stories of people in exile. www.exileimages.co.uk

    Support for Teaching Refugee Children

    Additional Resources

    'In The Midst Of The Whirlwind: A Manual For Helping Refugee Children' by N. Richman (Trentham Books, 1998). Trentham Books, Westview House, 734 London Rd, Oakhill, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 5NP.

    'Refugee Children in the Classroom' by J. Rutter (Trentham Books, 1994)

    'Refugee Education: Mapping the Field' by J. Rutter and ? Jones (Trentham Books, 1998)

    'Refugee Education Handbook' (Enfield Education Services) LcaS Publications, Tile Kiln Lane, Palmers Green, London, N13 6BY Tel. 020 8803 4460