Matching Pairs Myth BustingOnline version Adapted from "Global Communities: Learning about Refugee Issues, Secondary School teaching resource", Refugee Week 2005 The press sometimes refers to asylum seekers negatively as "bogus asylum seekers" or "scroungers taking over the country". You can't believe everything you read or hear. Global Read Aloud- Refugee by Alan Gratz https://dochub.com/amyhoffmanfb3a8f10/g7goZQ/activity-seeking-safety?dt=KkrtM2ZiuR7EFzenxHFW by Amy Mercado 1 Asylum seekers take our housing. 2 Asylum seekers are criminals. 3 Most asylum seekers aren't really fleeing from danger. Their countries are safe. 4 Asylum seekers get lots of money and special treatment from the government. 5 Asylum seekers are here illegally. Asylum seekers are much more likely to be victims of crime than criminals. Asylum seekers cannot choose where they live, they generally are detained. The housing they get is not paid for by the local government. It is nearly always housing that other people do not want to live in. Most asylum seekers coming to the US are fleeing countries where there is war or violence. Although asylum seekers may apply for work authorization after their case has been pending for 150 days, the uncertainty of their future impedes employment, education, and trauma recovery opportunities. There is no such thing as an 'illegal' asylum seeker. Under international law anyone has the right to apply for asylum.
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