UNIVERSITY INFORMATION SHARING AND HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS BY September 27‚ 2012 Introduction In today’s information sharing data has been a critical piece of the puzzle for the success of businesses‚ governments and non-government organizations. The purpose behind information sharing is to provide information to others‚ proactively or upon request which can aid in effective decision making. The article chosen discusses information sharing problems within Humanitarian organizations.
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Boy In The Striped Pyjamas Book Review Title Boy In The Striped Pyjamas Author John Boyne Genre Realistic‚ war and adventure Story line Eight year old Bruno knows nothing of the Holocaust. He knows nothing of the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country. All he is aware of is he is suddenly being moved from his comfortable home in Berlin to a desolate area where he is bored all day with nothing to do and no one to play with. Until he meets Shmuel‚ a boy his own
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help thousands of emigrant people. There is actually a difference between an asylum seeker and a refugee. An asylum seeker is someone who is looking for international protection‚ but their claim to be labelled as a refugee has not yet been determined. While a refugee is a person who has been recognized under the 1951 Convention relating to the status of a refugee. The Convention states that a “refugee” is any person who: owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race‚ religion
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If the refugees are not on welfare‚ their inability to speak English and smoothly integrate into society could not only prevent them from getting jobs‚ but also land them on the streets. Consequently‚ taking refugees from one bad situation and placing them in another would be like making these people choose between the lesser of two evils. Yes‚ most of the refugees will be on welfare‚ and yes‚ the number of homeless refugees will not be many‚ but the ones that do end up adding to the homeless population
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some even lose loved ones. Attempting to flee their country and find a new home as a refugee is what makes them feel inside out.
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and anti-government Islamic rebels called mujahedeen. Millions of refugees were pouring over the borders into Pakistan to escape the fighting. National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry was in the region for a story on the refugee crisis. While touring a refugee camp on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border‚ he entered a large tent that served as a girls’ school. The first child he saw was a shy girl with fiery eyes‚ about 12 years old. McCurry approached the girl‚ and she agreed to let him take
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destination; rather‚ they want to be resettled permanently in another European country via the measures of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Egypt. However‚ a great number of those refugees fail to gain a refugee status and a resettlement in another country. Consequently‚ those refugees are stuck between the inefficiency of the UNHCR and the ill-treatment of the Egyptian government. Therefore‚ most of the personal‚ economic‚ and social sufferings of the Sudanese
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statement. Before we continue‚ let’s first understand the meaning of “refugee.” According to the Macquarie Dictionary‚ a refugee is “one who flees for refuge or safety‚ especially to a foreign country in a time of political upheaval‚ war or persecution.” Refugees can enter Australia in one of two ways: The first way is by normal legal channels. This is done by making a request to the Australian Government to be granted refugee status and once granted‚ entry into our country using the correct documents
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ambassador in 2001‚ then a special envoy in 2012. She spends her time touring refugee camps‚ talking to survivors‚ and fighting for their rights‚ such as a stable home or
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References: Refugee Studies Center (1970-1999) http://ihrc.umn.edu/research/vitrage/all/ra/ihrc2968.html Gold‚ Matea (2000) Vietnam Refugees Finally Find Home. Los Angeles Times Pg. A1. http://search.proquest.com.ezp1.lib.umn.edu/docview/421648871 Levinson‚ David
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