Migration

Students will work on different aspects of migration:

• Unequal opportunities
• Systematic (and therefore invisible) discrimination
• The power of vocabulary
• The power of different passports
• Human rights in the context of migration

In recent years, migration has been all over the media. Unfortunately, most people have little idea what it is. So we'll start with the definitions of some key words in the discourse on migration.

With the younger students, we look at images to guess why people flee their native countries, and what problems they face on the way and in the host country.

Older students will analyze texts on asylum law, asylum policy and the hypocrisy of migration vocabulary. They will then formulate statements for the class to discuss.

The workshop will conclude by drawing attention to the inequalities of opportunity between North and South, and the efforts that everyone can make to prevent these injustices.

Each workshop consists of a theoretical part where we work together to summarize the problem. This is followed by a more active part, which changes according to the age of the students. For younger students, we might prepare a series of images to comment on, or educational games. For older students, we offer text/video analysis, role-playing or positioning games.

Our approach is to provide students with enough information to discover the conclusion themselves. After a moment of realization/study, they structure what they have learned. The aim is to bring about a change in thinking/behavior so that they become active players in our society.

We can adapt the content of our workshop to the level or pre-knowledge of your students. Our workshops are designed for students aged 10+, but can be adapted for younger students. We could also include your wishes regarding the content (if you'd like us to talk about a certain country, for example, or just one aspect of the issue).