SMILE can deliver sessions in your school about issues affecting refugees and asylum seekers. We are able to deliver talks and presentations to both students and staff, depending on your specific needs.
Talks will cover areas of the PHSE&C curriculum on citizenship issues.
SMILE will tailor the information to the needs of the individual schools and colleges and will cover some or all of the following topics:
- What is the difference between an asylum seeker and a refugee? An examination of the terminology around this issue.
- Why should we help? Britain’s legal responsibilities towards people seeking refuge
- Current trends in number of asylum seekers in the UK
- The contribution of refugees to UK society
- The start – why do people leave their country?
- The journey – what happens when people leave and how do they choose the country they go to.
- Arriving in Britain – what should people expect?.
- Children and the asylum process
- Case studies – looking at experiences of separated children living in Britain
- Going to school – experiences of refugee children attending school in Britain
- A right to an education - education systems from countries where people are fleeing persecution.
To discuss the SMILE team coming to your school, please email smile@refugeecouncil.org.uk and you will be put through to the Volunteer Coordinator in your area.
