Refugee Services of Texas Austin (RST) is a not-for-profit social services agency that provides services to newly arrived refugees, asylees, parolees, survivors of human trafficking and any other expatriate escaping persecution appertaining to race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, and/or political opinion. Since its initiation in 2003 in Austin, TX, RST has provided resettlement services to over 15,000 refugees. RST is funded by both state and national partners and includes former refugees on its staff, who collectively speak over 16 languages appropriate for this program. The agency allies with organizations in the local community, public and private groups, as well as faith-based entities to augment and strengthen…
In the book Immigrant kids , The author tells us that immigrants had a very difficult time making a living. When they came over to America, many were lacking the education and skills, so they had to acquire the lowest paying jobs. If you worked twelve, or even fourteen hours a day, you still wouldn’t have enough money to support your family, so everyone had to help. Even the children in these families had to work. These children were around eight to ten years old, and you would mostly find these children working in factories, warehouses, stores, and laundromats.…
In “Inside Out and Back Again” Ha’s life is turned inside out. Ha’s father was in the Navy and was captured. Ha’s family was left with the uncertainty of him being dead or not. On Ha’s birthday she wishes “my father would come home so I could stop daydreaming that he will appear in my classroom in a white navy uniform and extend his hand toward me for all my classmates to see. (Page 57)” During wartime many refugee children can relate to Ha. In “Children of War” refugee children Amela and Emir’s father, and “economics professor was kidnapped and killed.” Having loved ones disappear in wartime is not an uncommon thing in fleeing refugees. Not knowing if Ha’s father is alive or not contributes greatly on how Ha is turned inside out. When refugee families flee, whether it’s because of war, poverty, religion, etc. they leave things behind. When Ha’s friend TiTi had to leave home because of war in Vietnam she must say goodbye to friends and her home country, saying goodbye is just as hard for the friends who must stay. Ha says, “I would still be standing there crying and waving if Brother Khoi hadn’t taken my hand.” Once Ha and her family have finally decided to flee home they must chose a limited amount of belongings to take with them. When looking through pictures “mother chooses ten and burns the rest. We cannot leave behind evidence of…
Part of being a refugee is losing and finding home, but many refugees also lose and gain hope. The book Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai, tells the story of one family which faces numerous difficulties after fleeing Vietnam and arriving in Alabama. The family’s story, especially the story of the main character Ha, is a good example of the universal refugee experience. This experience encapsulates feelings and situations that every refugee faces as they flee their home and resettle. Both the universal refugee experience and Ha’s story involve being turned inside out by grief and discrimination, and back again by helpful people and opportunities for the future.…
The Happiest Refugee is a memoir written by Anh Do which was first published on the 1st of August in 2010. It is regarded as one of the most influential and well-received novels in the world of literature for its great insight on the life of refugees. The book provides a universal message to its readers about the suffering of human beings during wars and their struggle to make a better life in a foreign country. The Happiest Refugee is about Anh Do and his family’s journey for Vietnam to Australia during the Vietnam War in 1962; which was the longest war the Australia had been involved in. Due to the war Anh’s family and friends were forced to leave their country and come to Australia in search for a better life. Refugees often have to risk their lives on dangerously crude and overcrowded boats to escape life threatening circumstances and poverty and war in their nation. The Happiest Refugee provides reader with a n insight to a refugee’s life and demonstrates the circumstances and situation they must get through in order to start a new life.…
The Happiest Refugee is a memoir written by Anh Do which was first published on the 1st of August in 2010. It is regarded as one of the most influential and well-received novels in the world of literature for its great insight on the life of refugees. The book provides a universal message to its readers about the suffering of human beings during wars and their struggle to make a better life in a foreign country. The Happiest Refugee is about Anh Do and his family’s journey from Vietnam to Australia during the Vietnam War in 1962; which was the longest war the Australia had been involved in. Due to the war Anh’s family and friends were forced to leave their country and come to Australia in search for a better life. Refugees often have to risk their lives on dangerously crude and overcrowded boats to escape life threatening circumstances, poverty and war in their nation. The Happiest Refugee provides reader with a n insight to a refugee’s life and demonstrates the circumstances and situation they they have to endure in order to start a new life.…
Children of immigrants in Canada commonly known as second generation Canadians are in a constant tussle to embrace their Canadian identity along with parental pressure to gel with their original roots. Ronia Arab at Winnipegs Churchill High School wants to dress like her fellow school mates, but her attire is opposed by her parents who want her to be like them, an Iraqi inn her mannerisms as well as her attire. Ronia is befuddled as she has no knowledge about the Iraqi customs and is unable to fathom the reason for the insistence of her parents. This constant tussle got too much which led Ronia to leave the home of her parents. It does not end here only. This intercultural conflict seems to be a menace of high degree. It does not end here.…
The refugees are more likely to have the common support in our community because of the misconceptions about homeless people being associated with drugs and other personal consequences. Refugees were once a group of human beings who were free and had rights like everybody else until they were stripped away from them, which leads us to sympathize with refugees more than with homeless people who probably ended up in such a situation because of drug abuse, disregarding their education and etc;. Also, there are organizations and charities (that includes soup kitchens and shelters) which have been built to help the homeless in Canada, but refugees do not have that opportunity unless the government do something about them and help them start anew…
Deportation affects a widespread of families throughout the United States. There are many illegal immigrants that make their way to the U.S. for better opprotunities such as education and employment. However, the system of deportation fails to recognize the destruction it causes the family left behind. In addition, abrupt parental removal can affect a child in many ways. This includes the childs overall mental health and the childs behavior towards his friends and others around him. The deportation of ones family members is a constant struggle and a life changing experience.…
Life is a struggle for U.S. born children who have undocumented parents. The Immigration Law in America is undeniably broken and has emotionally impacted the lives of many Hispanic families, mostly the children. Since the Senate passed the Immigration Reform bill and sent it to the house, more than 75,000 children have had one or both parents deported. According to an estimate by the Pew Hispanic Center, there is an estimate of 5.5 million children with unauthorized parents, three-quarters are of U.S. born citizens. Therefore, the U.S. born children are severely at risk of being separated from their undocumented parent(s). When a U.S. born child’s undocumented parent(s) is deported, he/she is faced with many difficulties and is effected in a numerous of ways.…
Children are vulnerable to health threats because they are smaller and their bodies have a harder time fighting off disease. Immigrant children are more susceptible to disease or illness because many immigrant children received low health care and nutriment. Immigrants often were impoverish so the parents of immigrant children could not afford quality health care. Food was also a struggle for many new immigrants therefore immigrant children were malnourished. The lack of food and health care made immigrant children more likely to catch a disease in their often substandard living environment. New York City schools tried to address these dangers by screening for disease at school implementing health standards for the faculty and students, and…
The day started off as any normal day. My mother woke me up and said “we must go.” Her voice sounded very urgent for what I thought was just a trip to the grocery store. My mom laid my outfit on my bed and packed by book bag; that’s when I figured out that I was starting school. I wasn’t entirely oblivious to the fact that I was going to familiarize myself with a completely different environment, but I just thought I had a little more time to prepare. Well, it turns out that I was wrong. You see, I wasn’t your average pre-schooler who was nervous about making friends. I was the immigrant child who had never spoken a word of English.…
Chant, my child, Breathe in, peaceful mind, breathe out, peaceful smile.… Chant, Nam Mô A Di Đa Phạ̑t, Nam Mô ೩uan Thế Âm Bô̕ Tát.” (Lai 198) She is chanting with her mother and feels comfortable again after so much religious discrimination at school. “When I say I'm Muslim, people don’t react like, ‘Oh, I don’t want to be with you, I don’t want to be your friend because you're muslim’ ” (Brice) The people being nice as to the people being, well, not so nice, is a relief when it comes to being a refugee. “I am afraid to look at Mrs. Washington. You hate me? Child, child. She comes close and hugs me. Right then I tell her about the pancake. She hugs me tighter, then pulls out a book. A book of photographs: a dragon dance at Tet.” Ha feels good, knowing that someone understands her and her culture, and understands the struggle of being a refugee. In conclusion, Ha and other refugees also struggle with finding home and being able to see through all of the racial comments and be able to be…
There are quite a few societal concerns young immigrant children experience when assimilating to the American society. The public school system must take into consideration the needs of immigrant children as they adapt to the American culture. This transition has developed an ethical dilemma in the public school system, by raising a high demand to integrate cultural diversity in the curriculum; even though it is not identified as a skill standard by the state. However, due to the rapid growth of immigrant children in the United States, as part of my future early childhood education career, I will examine the well-being of the immigrant children and address the strategies that can improve their educational fulfillment, as well as their health,…
“The Children of the Drug Wars; a Refugee Crisis, Not an Immigration Crisis” is the name of the article that most caught my attention this semester by Sonia Nazario. An article that talks about different but very similar couple stories about children’s living in Central America. Children that live in very dangerous places where gangs are the big problem. Christian’s story, an 11 year old kid whose father was killed by this gangs members and his mother left to the U.S leaving him behind, is only one of the saddest stories I’ve ever read about. It’s hard to know how many mothers are been forced to leave their children behind in search of a better future. Most of the time as it show in the article they never made it back, and this kids are left…