Citizenship

• census 


  an official government count of the population to find out about the changes taking place
• emigration 


  leaving your homeland to live in another country
• ethnic 


  someone's cultural background
• immigration 


  coming to another country to live there
• migration


  moving between regions or countries
• asylum seeker


  someone who says they are a refugee, but who's claim has not yet been definitively assessed by the host government
• commonwealth 


  a voluntary organisation of independent countries, some of which were former British colonies
• economic migrant 


  a person who travels from one country or area to another in order to improve their standard of living
• European union


  a group of 28 countries which work together on issues like democracy, trade & economy, environment
• refugee


  a person who as been forces to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster
• economy 


  the economy of a country is made of all the organisations that provides goods and services in a country, plus all the individuals and organisations that buy them
• entrepreneur


  a person who sets up a business and takes on finical risks in the hope of making a profit
• diversity 


  the range of different groups that make up a wider population
• integration 


  bringing together different groups of people in a society, helping immigrants to feel included and encouraging them to behave like the 'host'/'native' people
• community 


  a group of people who are in close contact and who share common interests and values
• minority 


  a small part of a larger group of people
• majority 


  the largest group of people in a whole group
• neighbourhood


  a local area within which people live as neighbour, sharing living space and interests
• tolerant


  being open minded being accepting of others difference from yourself
• discrimination 


  treating someone's less favourably because of their colour, ethnic origins, age, gender or disability
• harassment 


  repeatedly threatening, humiliating or pestering someone
• respect


  show consideration for someone's feeling, wishes or rights
• united nations


  an international organisation of all 192 countries in the world.
• victimisation 


  specially targeting someone's and discriminating against someone unfairly
• community cohesion 


  creating a community where there is a sense of belonging for all communities and people's different backgrounds are valued.
• democracy 


  government by the people, either directly or through elected representatives
• identity


  who or what someone or something is
• legal identity


  registered with the government of your country to identify you for legal/government purposes.
• identity card 


  an identification card issued by a government to establish someone's legal identity
• personal identity 


  a persons social and culture identity all factors that makes them a unique person
• multiple identity


  when a person feel they have more than one 'personal' identity
• inclusive education 


  schooling that involves everyone
• compensation


  making amends for something; something given to the victim of an incident to make good on their loss
• discrimination


  treating someone less favourably
• hate crime


  a crime motivated by racial, sexual, or other prejudice, typically one involving violence
• homophobia


  the idea that gay/bisexual/transgender people are not as good as others
• racism 


  the idea that some people of different origins are not as good as others
• convention 


  an agreement (between governments) e.g. European convention on human rights
• declaration


  a document setting down aims and intentions e.g. the UN declaration of human rights
• human rights 


  things that people are morally or legally allowed to do or have