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07-21-2016, 05:16 AM
LONDON: In a quiet suburban school in **rthwest London, young children are asked to imagine that they need to leave their homes because Britain is at war.
As they close their eyes and sit in silence, their teacher Teri-Louise O’Brien explains that there are 60 million displaced people in the world right **w.
"Time to reflect: how would you feel if you had ** home? Take a pen, and write your feelings on the paper.
"One child scribbles, "I would feel heartbroken and sad" while a**ther writes, "I would feel sad and neglected because I wouldn’t have a warm place to sleep in".
The children, aged between six and 11, spend time discussing the differences between a refugee, an asylum seeker, a migrant and a displaced person.
O’Brien then switches off the lights before playing a short video of Syrian refugees living in camps in Leba**n and Jordan.
It’s **t a typical classroom lesson for students at **rbury School, but it’s one that some of the children are grateful for.
"It feels good to k**w what’s happening in the news because I hate **t k**wing," said 10-year-old Naavya.
Since learning about the refugee crisis, she said she ** longer finds her classmate, a Syrian refugee, "an**ying".
"I do learn that it can be really hard for him," Naavya told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
"I didn’t even k**w it (the Syrian war) was happening when he first came. I kind of feel sad for him because he had to leave (his country)."
Britain is home to 126,000 refugees, according to the British Red Cross, and received nearly 40,000 asylum applications last year of which 45 percent were approved.
The largest numbers of asylum seekers were from Eritrea, Pakistan then Syria.
In **rbury School, there are around 25 children with refugee backgrounds from Iraq, Afghanistan, Eritrea and Somalia.
While many were born in Britain, others like Yakoub, 7, have only recently arrived from Syria.
"I saw some really bad stuff like bombs and guns," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
"Once there was a gas bomb right in front me."
Yakoub, who arrived two years ago with his family, said he would think about the war a lot during school.
When these memories overwhelm him, or other refugee students, they are taken outside to play.
More than 4.8 million Syrian refugees have fled to Turkey, Leba**n, Jordan and Egypt to escape a war that has killed more than 250,000 people since 2011 and left 13.5 million inside Syria in need of aid.
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As they close their eyes and sit in silence, their teacher Teri-Louise O’Brien explains that there are 60 million displaced people in the world right **w.
"Time to reflect: how would you feel if you had ** home? Take a pen, and write your feelings on the paper.
"One child scribbles, "I would feel heartbroken and sad" while a**ther writes, "I would feel sad and neglected because I wouldn’t have a warm place to sleep in".
The children, aged between six and 11, spend time discussing the differences between a refugee, an asylum seeker, a migrant and a displaced person.
O’Brien then switches off the lights before playing a short video of Syrian refugees living in camps in Leba**n and Jordan.
It’s **t a typical classroom lesson for students at **rbury School, but it’s one that some of the children are grateful for.
"It feels good to k**w what’s happening in the news because I hate **t k**wing," said 10-year-old Naavya.
Since learning about the refugee crisis, she said she ** longer finds her classmate, a Syrian refugee, "an**ying".
"I do learn that it can be really hard for him," Naavya told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
"I didn’t even k**w it (the Syrian war) was happening when he first came. I kind of feel sad for him because he had to leave (his country)."
Britain is home to 126,000 refugees, according to the British Red Cross, and received nearly 40,000 asylum applications last year of which 45 percent were approved.
The largest numbers of asylum seekers were from Eritrea, Pakistan then Syria.
In **rbury School, there are around 25 children with refugee backgrounds from Iraq, Afghanistan, Eritrea and Somalia.
While many were born in Britain, others like Yakoub, 7, have only recently arrived from Syria.
"I saw some really bad stuff like bombs and guns," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
"Once there was a gas bomb right in front me."
Yakoub, who arrived two years ago with his family, said he would think about the war a lot during school.
When these memories overwhelm him, or other refugee students, they are taken outside to play.
More than 4.8 million Syrian refugees have fled to Turkey, Leba**n, Jordan and Egypt to escape a war that has killed more than 250,000 people since 2011 and left 13.5 million inside Syria in need of aid.
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