My name is Grace Lin and I am a 14 year old girl from South Vietnam. I grew up in a small village with my parents and 2 sisters while my country was under attack. We tried to escape the war in our country several times but we were never successful until finally we got onto a small boat headed for Malaysia. There were 34 of us ’asylum seekers’ on board and after only two days we ran out of fresh water and had to depend on fruit to keep us hydrated. We were crammed and I had a constant fear that I
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Integration or assimilation of migrants in society? Which policy is best for a country to adhere to? By the different migration flows and globalization it is hard to deny; the European society is becoming a multicultural society. Many residents of the EU have a foreign nationality or have (grand) parents of foreign origin and cultural and religious diversity has increased. How are these newcomers supposed to behave‚ and what is expected from them? The question that will be addressed in this
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Migrants as activist citizens in Italy Published on openDemocracy (http://www.opendemocracy.net) Migrants as activist citizens in Italy In 2010 and 2011 migrants behaved like activist citizens throughout Italy‚ initiating a new cycle of struggles in the crisis of neoliberalism. Their contestation of an exclusionary‚ racialized and competitive model of society could become a goal shared by migrants and nationals alike. ‘We will be remembered’; whoever wrote this on the wall of an abandoned
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Intergenerational Transnationalism: 1.5 Generation Asian Migrants in New Zealand1 Allen Bartley* and Paul Spoonley** ABSTRACT This paper explores some of the issues associated with the nature of contemporary transnationalism and the particular experiences and strategies of a specific cohort of migrants‚ the 1.5 generation. Based on a study of East Asian migrant adolescents to New Zealand‚ we argue that the experiences and strategies of this generation differ from those of their parents‚ the original
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country Culture is generally accepted way of doing activities in a society which includes beliefs‚ symbols‚ values‚ behaviour and social organization. Migrants adopt and mix with new culture since culture change in inevitable. There are certain arguments for maintaining one’s native culture in a new country. However‚ it is a defended that migrants should adopt the host country’s culture. This essay will consider the arguments for retaining or not retaining ones culture in the new country. To begin
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Compare And Contrast Three Hostels There are a lot of hostels in Sydney which are attracted because of its price and facilities. However‚ there are only three hostels that are suitable with postgraduate students‚ namely Maze Backpackers‚ Central Station Hotel and Nomads Westend Backpackers. This report will compare and contrast them with regard to location‚ price and facilities. Firstly‚ the location is contrasted between all these hostels. Central Station Hotel has the best
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Ever wondered what an immigrant child had lived in the late 60’s‚ while living an abuse life and having a child at 15‚ but at the same time trying to achieving her dreams. In the article‚ “Migrant child to college woman‚” asserts that with a positive mindset of hard work and perseverance you can achieve your dreams even after each fall you have. Maria Cardenas had lived that life‚ she became a women that overcame her abuse life in the past and achieved her goal of earning a degree in education. Cardenas
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When you feel like there’s no way out Love is the only way Only be good to me Only always smile at me I said oooh‚ don’t make me jealous Oooh‚ don’t make me become obsessed I’m still scared of love So give make me trust you I said oooh‚ don’t make me jealous Oooh‚ don’t make me become obsessed I Love You I Love You All day‚ I keep thinking about you All day‚ I just stare at my phone that’s not ringing Why don’t you know my heart being like this yet? I still don’t know your heart either
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back-packing travel is more popular. They like creating their own tours and stay in a budget hostel. This report will compare three hostels in Perth‚ Australia‚ namely‚ YMCA Jewell House (YMCA)‚ Witch’s Hat Backpackers (WHB) and Betty Lodge (BL)‚ with respect to their location‚ price‚ facilities and entertainment. First of all‚ there are some similarities and differences of the three hostels with regard to their location and room prices. Both YMCA and WHB are situated just a few minutes’
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I’ve learned that the migrant family is strong and cares about one another.They will also do their best to survive.I know this because in paragraph 1‚".... they had been living on frozen vegetables from frozen fields‚and birds that the children kill." "She had just sold the tires of her car to sell food."This shows that the mother would give out anything to get food.What I’d also learned is that before doing something she thinks about it for a long time.She even has pros or cons of doing something
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