happened to meet Bhutanese refugees of Nepali origin for the first time at a Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS) camp in Tampa‚ Florida in December 2008. These refugees travelled to the US via Nepal‚ having left Bhutan and entered Nepal in the 1990s. The refugee crisis was prompted by Government-sponsored discrimination against Nepali speakers in Bhutan (Banki 2008). In the late 1990s the first batch of refugees (called Lhotshampai) began to move out of Bhutan‚ and entered Nepal. The Bhutan‚ however‚ refused
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hardships refugee families face once they have landed in a new country with very little to their name. Through still photographs‚ New Roots aims to document the first year of resettlement for a refugee family as they come to America and settle in Rochester‚ New York. As of June 2013‚ the total population of concern to the UNHCR has reached an all-time high at 37.8 million people‚ including 11.1 million refugees‚ as well as asylum-seekers and internally displaced people. Multiple refugee crises are
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understand the desperation faced by asylum seekers is hard‚ and we can only draw from media coverage or second-hand knowledge‚ if not personally experienced” (Suter‚ 2001). The Settlement Council of Australia (SOCA) defines refugee as a “victim of oppression who fits the description of a refugee as set out in the 1951 agreement
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Refugee Claimants Around the World Jenny Cordoba Gomez Conestoga College Introduction Canada is amongst many countries known as a refugee-friendly country. From the early 20th century‚ during the World Wars to other world crises‚ these countries have opened their doors to people fleeing their home countries for reasons of poverty‚ persecution and violence. However‚ the host countries that receive refugees claim to be taxed or stressed because of misperception
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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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Iraq and Egypt‚ holding a total of four million Syrian refugees altogether. Although struggling with their well needed sanitation system and water‚ these countries still managed to provide an education and health care for these refugees. The United States‚ preparing numerous amounts of refugee camps for the Syrians to take refuge in‚ have suddenly put a halt to this action. There has been multiple concerns and opinions towards this action taking place. All in all‚ a majority of the citizens in America
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Syria are in need of humanitarian assistance or immigration due to the violent civil war (Syrian Refugee FAQ.. Para. 10). The Syrian Refugee FAQ mentions that‚ “Since the Syrian civil war began‚ as many as 386‚000 people have been killed‚ including nearly 14‚000 children‚ says the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The war has become more deadly since foreign powers joined the conflict” (Syrian Refugee FAQ.. Para. 12). This is a major conflict that has been seen in the news due to its scale and also
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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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in are distorted through panic and trepidation that has festered through the conglomeration of the masses of migrants and with the actors pulling the strings behind the system of migrations. These actors fuel the current discourse of the migrant‚ refugee‚ or potential asylum member. In other words‚ the media‚ politicians‚ and devout bureaucracies have seized upon the migrant‚ creating the migration industry to project the migrant as a dehumanized‚ unknown‚ and potentially dangerous entity that is
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Stage 1b: Gathering Information and Research Fact #1 (Write down one fact that you found that helps you to argue your specific political issue and helps to support your Party’s position on the political spectrum) Canada allows around 250‚000+ immigrants into Canada each year. Comment on the above fact (make reference to your Party’s goals/political spectrum beliefs): That is a large number of immigrants entering Canada each year. Allowing so many immigrants into Canada each year is not
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