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Citizenship
Unit 1: Living in Britain:
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Immigration
What policy do we have:
Pros: benefits the working system with allowing people in that can contribute. creates a more controlled flow of those going into the UK.
Cons: people get stuck in waiting for entry and families can be separated.
The UK has a point system (adopted on 1 January 2021) where individuals must have up to 70 points. Immigrants must have specific requirements to be allowed entry into the UK. One of these requirements is the ability to speak english.
many of the people come to the UK are refugees and asylum seekers fleeing from war or oppression of their home country.
Asylum seekers, claim asylum allowing them to stay and argue their case for permanent residence in a country.
Net migration
is the difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants divided by the population
Culture
the Uk has a combined culture with many traditions from different countries that we have adopted throughout history.
some of these places are; Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
Multicultural
Britain is multicultural as there are many minority groups living here that bring their traditions with them and practise them in the UK.
Cultural identity
is a part of a person's identity, or their self-conception and self-perception, and is related to nationality, ethnicity, religion.
Population Issues
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Overpopulation
A shortage of jobs, money and housing caused by too many people in a country
Ageing population
There are far more elderly that aren't working and living on pensions than there are younger people working. with new medicine people are living longer.
This is being solved by increasing the retirement age and decreasing pensions.
Human Rights
Rights that every person is given to protect their humanity and well being, however there are many ways in which they can be ignored
absolute rights
Absolute rights are rights that cannot be taken away no matter what.
Qualified Rights
rights which may be interfered with in order to protect the rights of another or the wider public interest
examples of some Human rights are: Right to life, fair trial, privacy, to vote and expression
Human rights can be linked to Equality
Equality is being free from discrimination and being held behind because of personal qualities such as religion, sexual orientation, gender, disability or pregnancy.
Hate Speech
Often people discrimination against another based on prejudice ideas or feelings.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is an international document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly that enshrines the rights and freedoms of all human beings.
Violations of human rights
Nadia Edwieda, and the gay cake are violations of human rights, some more complicated than others.
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Law