Examples Of Persuasive Speech On Refugees

A few weeks ago I spent time speaking to family and friends about the Australian refugee crisis, upon asking them if they believe Australian wildlife should be offered more care as compared to refugees, I was shocked to discover that the majority of my close friends and family care more for wildlife than they do for refugees. If this is at all a representation of how we as a country feel about refugees and foreigners in general, I believe it is high time to widen our frighteningly narrow minds!

The Australian population’s discriminatory view towards refugees is outdated. It is time to debunk this archaic mindset and grant refugees the fundamental human rights they deserve.

The first thing I will be talking about is that refugees are forced to flee unimaginable circumstances, try to picture the deadly war against the Taliban in Afghanistan and the thousands of innocents in Iraq who suffer severe health risks because they have to live without access to basic human necessities.

However, the worst of them all is in fact when they arrive in Australia. They are forced to spend months if not years in the unconscionable
Ali witnessed a neighbor shot dead in front of him.

Only five of their group survived the ambush. Ali hasn’t seen his parents or siblings since, and believes they were captured and killed. He knows that his family home was destroyed in retaliation.
This traumatic experience is something no 8 year old, or anyone should ever have to experience, however, for many individuals living in countries like Iraq this is their reality, and the reason they are forced to flee.
Refugees do not choose to leave their homes, families and all that they know to undertake on a what could be life threating journey for no good reason. They commence on this journey due to the disgustingly inhumane treatment they receive in their home country, where they are given no choice but to