Schools Against Deportations

	Do most refugees flee to rich European countries?
	Does Britain receive more refugees than most other European countries?
	Do asylum-seekers come here to live on benefit and improve their life-styles?
	Are asylum-seekers really immigrants sneaking into Britain?
	Do refugees come here because they want to live in nice houses?
	Won’t we run out of room if refugees keep coming here?
	Are increasing amounts of asylum-seekers coming here because it’s really easy to get in?

Because asylum-seekers and refugees are often portrayed negatively in sections of the media, there are a number of common myths about their reasons for being here and what their life here is like. In this section you can find out the facts by clicking on the questions to the right.

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