in Inside Out and Back Again is in the poem “Smart Again” (page 188‚ final stanza) Ha says‚ “I know Pink Boy will get me‚ but right now I feel smart.” Earlier in the book‚ Ha is upset because in South Vietnam she was smart and reading high level books‚ but in America she doesn’t feel smart anymore. In this poem‚ she feels as if she has regained some of her smartness. It may be hard for a refugee to find home‚ but when they do they finally feel like their life is turning “back
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Are current methods of dealing with refugees effective? Refer to one or more countries as examples. Throughout the world‚ societies have welcomed frightened‚ weary strangers‚ the victims of persecution and violence. The refugee crisis in the modern world occurs largely as a result of civil wars‚ famine and the violation of human rights. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees‚ refugees refer to those who have fled their homes because of a fear of persecution and to seek refuge
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refugees seeking asylum in Australia. The basis for all legislation regarding refugees in Australia is the Migration Act 1958‚ which outlines powers such as being able to cap the number of refugees accepted into Australia each year‚ and defines a refugee as somebody “being persecuted for reasons of race‚ religion‚ nationality‚ membership of a particular social group or political opinion”‚ which is written according to the United Nation’s definition.12 Since then a number of amendments and additions
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were underage. Families are generally sent to another offshore processing centre on the small Pacific island nation of Nauru‚ operated under a separate series of agreements between Australia and that country. TAKE THE PLEDGE Add your name to our Refugee Pledge if you want fair treatment for asylum seekers. Is it worth the
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messengers‚ porters or guards‚ but often end up on the frontlines of combat. In Liberia‚ many boys some as young as nine or ten man checkpoints. The authority that goes with the responsibility gives them the free rein to harass‚ loot‚ terrorize and sometimes‚ kill civilians. Manning checkpoints gives a child power and influence‚ even if he is twelve years old. There have been instances where fifteen or twenty boys man a checkpoint and the commander is only ten years old. In long-drawn-out conflicts‚ children
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property and human rights violation were some of major factors that contribute to refugee generation. From time immemorial‚ people have been forced to move out of their home in large numbers often in a state of total destitution and seek refuge elsewhere‚ particularly to India. Almost every countries in the South Asia region has either produced refugees or received them and in some cases done both. India has been a major refugee receiving country of the region. It hosts refugees’ from Tibet‚ Sri Lanka‚
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a journey through the mountains to get to a safe refugee camp‚ but instead when they arrive their she decides to go find her father and older brother so they can return to their land. (SIP-A) After being with Akhtar and his family for awhile she realizes she can’t get any closer to them since she will have to leave them soon and go find Nur and Baba-Jan. (STEWE-1) Before going on their journey Khalida cuts Najmah’s hair so that she looks like a boy. This is Najmah’s first haircut‚ which was like leaving
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The book Inside Out & Back Again by Lai shows the struggles that refugees face in their long journey to safety and a new home. In the book‚ the author uses a character named Ha and the rest of her family to show what refugees go through while escaping their home country. Ha‚ and her family have lived in Saigon Vietnam their whole lives up until 1975 when the communists took over their country. Throughout the book‚ the author shows us the struggles that refugees go through by telling a story through
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A book published in 2001 by Benjamin Zephaniah; refugee boy‚ describes the events and trauma that asylum seekers of any age have to go through. During the novel‚ there are moments that are very controversial‚ and can be viewed differently from other perspectives. Some may consider them thought provoking and resilient. But how does Benjamin Zephaniah create a sense of hope in the novel? After being abandoned in the alien-like country‚ Alem’s world is rocked when he discovers that he has to stay in
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Rouge. Many Cambodians were killed‚ many were forced into manual labour and many managed to escape. Many Cambodians fled to the massive refugee camps along the Thai border where they would stay for years‚ hoping for resettlement. The camps were overcrowded and many people did not get enough food. There was little hope for relocation and many had to stay in the refugee camps for years before finally being accepted into a country. The war had left Vietnam in ruins‚ the state of both the north and the
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