“For Poorer‚ For Richer” is a picture story about two refugees‚ Htay Beh and Aung Kaung Myat‚ who are from Burma‚ and now living with their sons and daughters in the Buffalo‚ New York. What brings them to come from Burma to Buffalo? They were driven far away from home by violence said in the article. However‚ their lives in Buffalo is even worse. They might tolerate hunger‚ poorness‚ bullied by federal government. The report showed that every person gets 8.02 dollars per year for welfare. Sounds
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Provide a brief overview of the social injustices that exist in our local community/world. In this day and age‚ many social injustices are occurring throughout the world. One of the most heinous injustices that many people know of is Asylum Seekers. In Australia‚ we turn away Asylum Seekers and the subject has become a very popular debate in the community. For people who don’t know what an Asylum Seeker is‚ it’s someone who has escaped or is fleeing their country in search of a better life filled
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Canadian values are different to everybody‚ these values can and should be defined. The similarity between the various perspectives of values is that they are all positive. These values hold importance to us‚ and help us make a better place to live. Ethics involve a big part of our values. They signify and bring out the best of us‚ for example when we took in the refugees. Our values to us and other people are positive‚ they include a variety of different character traits. Diversity is a huge part
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Thirdly‚ the constant increase of cultural diversity in Canada broadens the general views and opinions of Canadians‚ therefore making it more difficult to pin point a concrete definition. Those who are new to Canada will not as strongly identify with the common views of Canadians because these views are embedded over time. And although immigrants recognize what is important to Canadian’s‚ such as the Canada flag and The Charter of Rights and Freedoms‚ they do not necessarily identity with these things
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Brunei – Issues and Development ECONOMY Brunei is a developed country that depends mainly on its natural oil and gas fields for its economy. IMPORTS – Brunei’s main partners of imports are Singapore 26.3%‚ China 23.1%‚ UK‚ 21.3% and M’sia 11.8%. Brunei’s imports include iron and steel‚ motor vehicles‚ machinery and transport equipment‚ manufactured goods‚ food‚ chemicals EXPORTS - Japan 46.5%‚ South Korea 15.5%‚ Australia 9.3%‚ India 7%‚ NZ 6.7% (2012) Brunei’s exports include crude oil‚ natural
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Benefits of Immigration Immigration issues are discussed from very different viewpoints. Some people argue that immigration has nothing but huge costs. Expenses like ESL (English as a Second Language) costs‚ the increase in crime associated with foreign criminality and the insecurity after September 11 terrorist attack have made people to question if immigration should increase. In my opionion‚ immigration has a lot of benefits and is an asset to any country. It encourages economic growth and creates
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Forced Disappearance A forced disappearance “occurs when a person is secretly abducted or imprisoned by a state or political organization or by a third party with the authorization‚ support‚ or acquiescence of a state or political organization‚ followed by a refusal to acknowledge the person ’s fate and whereabouts‚ with the intent of placing the victim outside the protection of the law”(Wikipedia). In 1975 about 30‚000 people disappeared and were horrifically tortured and killed in Argentina.
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Elaine Li 1 Elaine Li Mrs. Peressotti CIA4U1 November 6‚ 2014 Economic benefits of living in Canada There are numerous countries in the world. Some are developing and some are developed. Even though the developed countries are not rare‚ people always have their favorite countries that they want to live in and make some ranking of those countries which are popular for immigration. As it is known to all‚ America is the country that most people want to immigrate to and it takes at least several
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Firstly‚ central Canada is an important region to keep as the sheer amount of immigrants living there are necessary for Canada to function as a whole. For example‚ about 7 million of the 11 million immigrants in Canada lives in the region of Central Canada. One reason they are a necessity can be the ability to reduce the ratio of working bodies to retired bodies. Currently in Canada‚ the baby boomer generation is starting to retire and for those retired people to receive their benefits‚ we (the future
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Refugees are some of the strongest people in the world‚ but why? Some may say it’s because they have gone through a lot to get to where they are‚ others may say it’s because they have hope. The answer is all of that. In one book “Inside Out and Back Again” by Thanna Lai‚ we have a Vietnamese family in Saigon as war breaks out. The book is very descriptive on what a family has to go through during those tough times. The main character‚ named Ha‚ is an only girl in a family of 3 older brothers and
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