Refugees are all over the world and are forced to flee their homes leaving everything behind having to start their new lives in a safer place. It is a struggle for survival everyday. The novel: Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai‚ is a fictionalization of the real life issues of refugees with the main character Kim Ha and her family having to leave their home in Saigon in order to escape the war that plagues them. The family‚ although reluctant‚ decides to flee to America looking for a new place
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Families with young children need stability in the early years of their life to form a secure foundation which usually starts at home with parents and family members. This is supported by Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory which identifies “four different levels of systems that affect the family: microsystems‚ mesosystems‚ ecosystems and macrosystems.” (Cited in Sussman and Hanson‚2014‚p.456). Bronfenbrenner believes the microsystem is the main stage within this system‚ it consists of people
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due to war in South Vietnam. During their journey of escaping‚ Ha has to ration her food very carefully‚ and entertain herself by writing on a notebook while sitting on a small mat the whole day. When Ha and her family finally reached safety at a refugee camp‚ their new obstacle was trying to get a sponsor. All of the refugees that ever walked on this Earth had to go through the same obstacles as Ha had to go through‚ therefore being a universal experience. Fleeing and finding a new home can easily
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This safe haven they arrived at was the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya that took about a year to reach (McKay‚ 2002). Over the course of their walk‚ any were shot at by Northern troops‚ died from starvation and dehydration‚ eaten by predator such as lions and crocodiles. All of these dangers they faced had nearly cut the number of boys in half. Out of the 26‚000 boys that had started the journey to the refugee camps‚ only 10‚000 boys made it into the camp in Kenya (IRC‚ 2014).
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because of Islamic fundamentalism. Shanahan also slammed Australia’s “religiously blind” policy on immigrants and refugees. For her‚ the country cannot continue to be religiously blind in processing refugee applications. The Australian government had announced opening for 12‚000 individuals under the refugee
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Half of the 20‚000 boys who fled Sudan‚ made it to Kakuma Refugee camp in Kenya. Abraham was in Duk‚ South Sudan in 1976 or 1979. Abraham was around 9 and had to flee his home. Did you know that an estimated 20‚000 young boys had fled‚ most of the kids who fled were mainly six or seven years old? He fled to Ethiopia to escape war. It was a journey on foot across more than 1‚000 miles of dangerous desert areas. With little food and water‚ many walking had no shoes or spare clothing‚ “thousands of
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man‚ who was banished from his kingdom. Oedipus himself thought that he was the happiest and most powerful man; however‚ his actions and fate decided that he would die a miserable person. The theme of this excerpt is very powerful‚ and still applies to the world today. Sophocles is saying that a man is happy only when he dies a happy man. This means that someone‚ such as Oedipus‚ could think he or she is the happiest and most prosperous person‚ however their “happiness” and “prosperity” could take
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Peace Prize for its groundbreaking work in Europe after the World War. It was not too long before the next major crisis. Directly after the aftermath of the Second World War‚ the decolonization of Africa and Asia created the first of the continents refugee crises. Between 1945 and 1960‚ 36 new states in Asia and Africa achieved the right or condition to self-govern themselves and/or outright independence from their European colonial rulers. There was no one process of decolonization (U.S. Department
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Rather than playing tug-of-war with my interests‚ I can utilize them both to solve real-world issues. My course would focus on the recent refugee crisis; I have discussed this issue separately in classes like AP English Literature‚ AP Government & Politics‚ and Faith. My course would delve into the debate of questions such as "Are we to set limits on refugee immigration?" and "How will our response to this crisis reflect American values?" Each discipline would be able to contribute to the conversation
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A Catholic priest from Ontario‚ Canada has reportedly confessed to losing US$380‚000 (CA$500‚000) meant for refugee sponsorship to gambling. Police are investigating Father Amer Saka of the St. Joseph Chaldean Catholic Church in London‚ Ontario after he told his bishop Emanuel Shaleta that he had gambled more than US$380‚000 (CA$500‚000). The said fund was originally intended for refugee sponsorship‚ according to The Toronto Star. On Feb. 23‚ the Catholic priest reportedly called Shaleta and said
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