Chapter 29

Instructions

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Question 1

Approximately what proportion of the people who crossed the UK's borders in 2003 were asylum seekers?

a) Under 1%

b) Between 1% and 5%

c) Between 6% and 10%

d) More than 10%

Question 2

What proportion of the UK's population are members of an ethnic minority group?

a) More than 30%

b) Between 20% and 29%

c) Between 10% and 19%

d) Under 10%

Question 3

What proportion of the MPs elected at the 2005 general election were members of an ethnic minority?

a) 0.5%

b) 1.8%

c) 3.5%

d) 7.9%

Question 4

An asylum seeker is best defined by which of the following statements?

a) An individual who has failed to secure citizenship and who is residing in the UK illegally

b) An individual who has entered a state illegally in the hope of settling permanently

c) An individual who has been granted citizenship of another country after securing refugee status

d) An individual seeking permission to remain in one country having left another due to fear of persecution

Question 5

Why were the provisions of the Race Relations Act extended in 2000?

a) To introduce a number offence of Holocaust denial

b) To allow prosecutions to be brought for racially aggravated offences

c) To bring the Police and other public bodies under the provision of earlier legislation

d) To allow positive discrimination in party selection procedures for candidates for election

Question 6

Contemporary immigrants into the UK are...

a) …primarily arriving from the New Commonwealth.

b) ...typically given British citizenship.

c) ...becoming more diverse in their origins.

d) ...able to claim civis Brittanicus sum.

Question 7

The concept of 'patriality' as employed in debates on immigration is best defined by which of the following statements?

a) Positive and supportive sentiments in relation to a nation

b) The right of abode granted to refugees

c) A power of the Monarch to grant British citizenship to a foreign citizen

d) A right of entry into the UK granted to someone with a parent or grandparent who is a British citizen

Question 8

Which one of the following statements is correct in respect of asylum?

a) Asylum seekers can be housed in special accommodation centres

b) Asylum seekers are entitled to the same welfare benefits upon their arrival as those which are available to British citizens

c) Britain is at the top of the European Union league table of asylum applications

d) The real motive of asylum seekers is economic migration

Question 9

The Labour governments first elected in 1997 have NOT pursued which one of the following policies?

a) Cooperation with other EU members to reduce asylum flows into the UK

b) Requiring would-be British citizens to pass a 'Britishness' test

c) Encouraging economic migrants to fill skills shortages in the British economy

d) Introducing a distinction between British citizenship, British Dependent Territories citizenship and British Overseas citizenship

Question 10

Approximately how many people acquired British citizenship in 2002?

a) 50,000

b) 100,000

c) 200,000

d) 500,000

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