Overview
Not Just Numbers toolkit
“Not Just Numbers” is a toolkit about migration and asylum in the European Union produced by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
As European societies become more multi-cultural, the need to raise awareness and promote understanding of the many reasons for which people choose or are forced to leave their own countries grows.
The toolkit provides young people with the opportunity to understand that behind each anonymous statistic related to migration and asylum there is a human face and a personal story. In doing so it also addresses issues related to discrimination and xenophobia.
Irish language version (pdf)
A Not Just Numbers teacher's manual is available 'as Gaeilge' and the DVD can be set to contain Irish subtitles.
English language version (pdf)
The Not Just Numbers teacher manual in English.
Portraits
A DVD can be ordered from UNHCR Ireland, but we ask you to download the teacher's manual for additional material. Alternatively, the portraits on the DVD can be viewed and used off the Not Just Numbers web page, by clicking on this Portraits link.
UNHCR and Education
In the midst of conflict, education is often seen as a luxury for refugees or internally displaced people who are also struggling for food and shelter. Read more about Education and UNHCR's work worldwide on our global website.