"Broken-hearted and sad", British schoolchildren learn empathy for refugees

By Lin Taylor LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In a quiet suburban school in northwest 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 now. The children, aged between six and 11, spend time discussing the differences between a refugee, an asylum seeker, a migrant and a displaced person. Read More http://ift.tt/2a8gHW2

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