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    VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE April 27th‚ 1975‚ North Vietnamese soldiers had finally reached the outskirt of the southern capital‚ Saigon. The war in Viet Nam that lasted 20 years is about to come to an end with communism taking over. It was all over‚ Saigon was surrounded by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. Presiden Nguyen Van Thieu resigned as president and gave his farewell speech and denounced the United States for failing in aiding the South before the North would later come into the city

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    The book Inside Out & Back Again by Lai shows the struggles that refugees face in their long journey to safety and a new home. In the book‚ the author uses a character named Ha and the rest of her family to show what refugees go through while escaping their home country. Ha‚ and her family have lived in Saigon Vietnam their whole lives up until 1975 when the communists took over their country. Throughout the book‚ the author shows us the struggles that refugees go through by telling a story through

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    When we think Disneyland‚ we think the happiest place on earth. For those who think this is an exaggeration‚ let me shed some light on why this place is magical for me. Disneyland to me means family traditions with a heart full of happiness and love. When you first enter Disneyland‚ you are overcome with a vast amount of emotions. I get a nervous feeling deep inside my gut. The excitement overwhelms me‚ knowing that in just a few small steps‚ I will see the castle at the end of Main Street. The smell

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    through their journey for a new start‚ what makes Shire’s poems so mesmerizing is she is honest with her words and she is not afraid to not filter out any harsh imagery in order for her to deliver her point across to the reader. The struggle as a refugee was revealed in the “go home black‚ refugees‚ dirt immigrants‚ asylum seekers sucking our country dry” stanza‚ where shire takes the persona

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    smart.” Earlier in the book‚ Ha is upset because in South Vietnam she was smart and reading high level books‚ but in America she doesn’t feel smart anymore. In this poem‚ she feels as if she has regained some of her smartness. It may be hard for a refugee to find home‚ but when they do they finally feel like their life is turning “back

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    Bee‚ by Chris Cleave‚ the author writes about a refugee girl and a couple of English citizens who face many struggles as they move on with their lives.Suicide is a big factor on how the character’s separate lives work out. The different reasons for committing or wanted commit suicide could be seen as immoral from the readers’ perspective. The character Little Bee constantly thinks about ways to kill herself when enters new environments and her refugee companion hangs herself while being mentally ill

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    with their own problems‚ and not shelter them‚ we may not have all of these attacks. Syrian refugees may not be refugees at all‚ they may‚ in fact‚ be Islamic state terrorists using stolen assigned passports‚ using fake passports‚ and using the “refugee” name but in fact are not refugees at all. Islamic state terrorists have been know for using someones else’s passport‚ and changing the picture of that passport‚ to make it into another country. A Syrian

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    The title of the novel Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai‚ relates to the universal refugee experience because when any refugee from anywhere first leaves they’re home there lives turn “inside out”‚ meaning that their lives are turned completely upside down. Then eventually as they get used to their new home they eventually start to get used to the new lifestyle and most times learn the language of their new home. For instance in in the book “Inside Out And Back Again” Ha has to flee her home

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    trafficking and refugee has been serious issue because of unstable political and economic situation made by military regime. Myanmar faces internal human trafficking and succeed solve 173 cases and imprisoned 234 traffickers in 20101. Myanmar also has 808.075 stateless persons come from Rohingya Clan2 and about 339.200 displaced person3. Besides those two problems‚ there are lot of our citizen flee abroad. These refugees are very vulnerable to become trafficking victim because there are no refugee camps in

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    Conclusion on Children at Risk No. 107 (LVIII) - 2007 EXCOM Conclusions‚ 5 October 2007 The Executive Committee‚ Recalling its Conclusions Nos. 47 (XXXVIII)‚ 59 (XL) and 84 (XLVIII)‚ specifically on refugee children and/or adolescents‚ Conclusion No. 105 (LVI) on Women and Girls at Risk‚ Conclusion No. 106 (LVI) on Identification‚ Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness and Protection of Stateless Persons‚ Conclusion No. 94 (LIII) on the Civilian and Humanitarian Character of Asylum‚ Conclusion

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