Understanding people's experience of migration

This engaging teaching resource helps learners aged 10-16 develop empathy and understanding towards people with experience of migration.

Stories, films, creative activities and discussion ideas are used within this resource to help learners think about why people migrate, what it is like to arrive somewhere new and how we can help refugees and people seeking asylum feel welcome.

This resource was made in collaboration with six ambassadors from the VOICES Network, a collective of refugees and people seeking asylum and the British Red Cross. As people with lived experience of migration, the VOICES ambassadors share unique insights into what it is like to seek asylum in the UK.

The key messages the ambassadors wanted young people to learn about the migration experience include:

• understanding being forced to leave your home
• recognising the similarities we have with young people who have migrated and;
• breaking down negative stereotypes.

The ambassadors designed the activities in this resource to explore these experiences and include some of their own stories of migration.

**Credit **

This resource was developed in a co-production project by Khadeja, Claudia, Mada, Asmaa, Sabrine and Almas (VOICES Network) and the British Red Cross in 2024.