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    Immigration or Refugee Issue The photograph of a small child caused outrage on international level reminding the Europe of being irresponsible regarding the refugee issues. Prime Minister of Britain David Cameron claimed that he is deeply moved by the images of Aylan Kurdi. The family of Aylan were found to be among thousands of refugees trying to reach Greece and based on the European border agency named as Frontex‚ more than twenty thousand people arrived Greece using sea route in 2015. The refugee agency

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    Outcasts united The story of a refugee cocker Team that changed a town Warrant St. John Published in USA‚ Apr 2009‚320 pages. About this Book Outcasts United is the story of a refugee soccer team‚ a remarkable woman coach and a Small southern town turned upside down by the process of refugee resettlement. In the 1990s‚ that town‚ Clarkston‚ Georgia‚ became a resettlement center for refugees And a modern-day Ellis Island for scores of families from war zones in

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    presents death in times of war is ‘A Mother in a Refugee Camp’ where feelings; of grief‚ unconditional love and anticipation of death conveys suffering. Achebe employs sensory description to vividly highlight the suffering of refugees on a daily basis. The use of pathos to highlight the agony of a mother witnessing her child’s death. Achebe also uses an oxymoronic in the title. ‘Mother’ conjures up images of warmth‚ safety‚ care and family‚ whilst ‘Refugee Camp’ evokes helplessness‚ isolation‚ dirt‚ war

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    ravaging their homes‚ and have had to leave everything behind to get to safety. In The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe‚ by Romain Puértolas‚ the main character Ajatashatru finds himself on a similar journey as a refugee. They do not pose a threat to the security of a country‚ nor do asylum seekers‚ and resettling them is advantageous to everyone. Lastly‚ our treatment of refugees needs to reflect our morals and values as a country. For these reasons‚ Canada should

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    How do Owen and Auden convey the negative effects of war in their poems ‘Disabled’ and ‘Refugee Blues’’? In the poems Disabled and Refugee Blues‚ the writers‚ Owen and Auden respectively‚ convey the negative effects of war in a variety of ways. Through the use structuring‚ literary and figurative devices‚ Auden subtly shows the negative effects of war‚ whereas Owen does this it more explicitly‚ showing the de-humanizing‚ gruesome effects of war. In the poem Disabled‚ Owen displays the more

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    Compare and contrast Auden’s and Faulks’ use of detail establish a feeling of alienation in ‘Refugee Blues’ and ‘The Last Night’ Both Sebastian Faulks and W. H. Auden write about the tales of Jewish refugees living in the time of holocaust during WW2 in their two pieces‚ ‘The Last Night’ and ‘Refugee Blues’. By using literary techniques such as imagery and tone both writers‚ Auden and Gray create a sense of alienation for the characters portrayed in their writing. Both Auden and Gray create a

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    I have never been a refugee but Anh Do’s book ‘The Happiest Refugee’ made me feel like I was there very step of the way. In the scorching summer of 1976 when Anh’s family and friends decided to board a small‚ damp and crowded boat it was the biggest decision of their lives. Anh Do nearly didn’t make it to Australia. His entire family came close to losing their lives on the sea as they escaped from war-torn Vietnam. But nothing - not murderous pirates or the threat of death by hunger‚ disease or

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    world around them. The film Whale Rider I about a young girl named Paikea. The film does not only show us one girl’s experience of growing up‚ but also tells us about the Maori culture‚ tradition how gender is treated‚ and their leadership.  The Happiest Refugee is an extract from a memoir‚ it is about Ahn Do’s journey to a better life‚ it tells us about all the challenges he and his family have to face‚ along with the joyful rescue. In the middle of the film Pai presents her speech in front of the

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    the minute reward of an achieved goal. In my speech‚ I will talk about how the following texts relate to “It’s the Journey‚ not the destination”: Robert Frosts’ “The Road Not Taken”‚ Peter Skrnecki’s “Crossing The Red Sea” and Anh Do’s “The Happiest Refugee”. Life is basically one big journey‚ with many smaller ones along the way. One small climb after the other‚ getting closer and closer to where we eventually want to be. We only seem to focus on the horizon instead of the ground beneath our feet

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    Methods Interview parents Interview friends and cousins from the same culture Research parents backgrounds and childhood Research what happened in Vietnam during their childhood Conduct surveys using survey monkey Read books such as ’The Happiest Refugee’ by Anh Do Watch documentaries - ’Once upon a time in Cabramatta’ Research using search engines carefully Ethical and Safety Considerations Ensure copyright laws are followed on books and videos researched - I will be really cautious

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