Ch.25 | Refugees And Forced – Test Bank + Answers – 8e

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 - Question 01

01) The Rohingyas are a Buddhist group that is persecuted in majority-Muslim Myanmar.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 25 - Question 02

02) According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), refugee status is declaratory, meaning that any person who qualifies as a refugee is by that very fact a refugee, regardless of the formal recognition of the host country.

a. True

b. False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 - Question 03

03) When were the temporal limitations originally included as part of the definition of a ‘refugee’ in the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees removed?

a. 1955

b. 1967

c. 1995

d. 2002

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Title: Chapter 25 - Question 04

04) The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was established in…

a. 1928

b. 1948

c. 1950

d. 1951

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Title: Chapter 25 - Question 05

05) The ‘fractioning’ of the refugee label within forced migration studies refers to the multiplication of related labels used to manage intense migration flows and increasingly exclude more people from the legal protection of refugee status.

a. True

b. False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 - Question 06

06) Even though states have no obligation to grant asylum or admit refugees, they do have the obligation not to forcibly return asylum seekers to the countries where they are facing persecution; this is known as the right to non-refoulement.

a. True

b. False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 - Question 07

07) According to the UN’s 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, refugees are people who are outside their countries of origin and cannot return ‘owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted’ for which reason?

a. Race

b. Religion

c. Nationality

d. All of the options given are correct.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 - Question 08

08) According to B. S. Chimni, in what period was the refugee regime led by practical interests, such as attracting professional refugees, including medical doctors and scientists?

a. 1914–45

b. 1945–82

c. 1980–2000

d. 2001–present

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 - Question 09

09) Which of the following is not a category of forced migration as classified by the causes of displacement?

a. Conflict-induced

b. Groups or people of concern

c. Human trafficking

d. Development-induced

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 - Question 10

10) Voluntary migration is usually based on economic calculations, although some argue that the line between voluntary and forced migration is blurring.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 25 - Question 11

11) Reports that focus on gang- and drug-related violence as major motivations for forced migration in Central America overlook two factors: the region is very rich in biodiversity, minerals, and other valuable natural resources; and the region is plagued by other types of violence, such as femicide, killings of environmental activists, and political murders.

a. True

b. False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 - Question 12

12) People in refugee-like situations are…

a. A category that includes refugees, internally displaced persons, and those denied asylum who have returned to their home countries.

b. Asylum seekers who have proved before a judge or immigration officer a well-founded fear of persecution.

c. People who are outside their country of origin and face risks similar to those of refugees, but who have not yet been granted refugee status.

d. Individuals who cross international borders seeking protection, but whose claim for refugee status is still pending.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 - Question 13

13) The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and the Global Compact on Refugees (2018)…

a. Are non-binding instruments.

b. Are intended to prevent asylum seekers and migrants from reaching the West.

c. Transfer the responsibility for refugee crises to Third World countries.

d. All of the options given are correct.

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Title: Chapter 25 - Question 14

14) As of 2017, there were approximately how many forced migrants worldwide?

a. 25.4 million

b. 40 million

c. 68.5 million

d. None of the options given are correct.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 - Question 15

15) Gender considerations have been a formal part of the UN’s refugee regime since the 1951 Convention.

a. True

b. False