I am an Eritrean national who was born and grew up in Eritrea. My parents are from poor background. I have five siblings (Two sisters and three brothers).
I started education at the age of five and continued till I graduated with a BA degree in Eritrea. Unfortunately, due to well-founded fear of persecution I escaped Eritrea to Sudan illegally. More precisely, I refused to become a victim of the evil treatment by the regime in Eritrea. Saying even a word against the government in Eritrea, however, is considered as a grave crime in the eyes of the tyrant regime. Consequently, I was arrested, detained, interrogated and badly treated in prison. Luckily, I escaped the country illegally to save my life using a narrow chance to run away.
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My interest in refugees’ constructed identity, family ties and juvenile justice is the prime reason for me to apply for MA degree in Migration and Diaspora Studies at SOAS university of London. I spent the last five years dedicating myself to these issues-helping refugees to trace their family members and create an imaginary network, fighting human trafficking, advocating the rights of refugees under international refugee law and trying to mobilize diaspora and transnational communities towards helping their vulnerable members. Broadly, I share a vision of working towards a more just and equitable world by uncovering stories of abuse of power and lack of opportunities. Such a commitment to improve lives of vulnerable people dealing with such complex social issues, however, requires me to empower myself with a professional qualification. Thus, I decided to …show more content…
Admittedly, the connotation of the word refugee in itself tortured me for years since I left my country. My ambition to pursue higher education and prepare myself for advanced research has been damaged because of my status as a refugee. When I came to the UK, I started to believe that hope contents me. I applied for postgraduate studies at SOAS University of London to study a taught MA degree in the course of Migration and Diaspora Studies as mentioned above. Besides, I also applied for refugee scholarship. Thanks to SOAS university of London, I got admission to study and scholarship for the course.
Following the admission process and offer of refugee scholarship, I found myself in a position where I cannot afford accommodation and living costs in London. To be more explicit, I had to pay $5000 to release my 17 years old sister from nasty human traffickers in the Sudan. This means I paid all the money I saved for my accommodation and living cost working as a support worker to human traffickers to release my sister. On the other hand, this was a threat to my lifelong ambitions of continuing
My name is Olive Batamuliza, am a student at the Fred G Costa Job Corps. In Tucson Arizona. I originally came from before they had children Africa, I was born in Rwanda and I grew up there, my parents are originally from Congo, and moved to live in Rwanda many years ago. When I became twelve I was supposed to graduate from school, I was at the top of my class and successful in my studies, however, there were in our country became many problem. My parent separated from one another and we weren’t sure if we would ever be reunited again.
The first part of the essay will draw upon knowledge gained from different legislations in Wales related to the case study. it will also include ASPIRE social work process model to interpret and demonstrate an understanding of Khalid's circumstances as an unaccompanied asylum seeker.
Like many others, my perspective and ambitions are driven and profoundly influenced by my family’s history. As the daughter of two Ukrainian refugee immigrants, I have learned firsthand how important it is to have access to legal resources. While living in the Soviet Union, my family was repeatedly denied community benefits because of their Jewish heritage. Religious and ethnic persecution impacted my family’s life in negative ways, minimizing their confidence and limiting their opportunities. However, once they received assistance from an outreach program, they were able to receive asylum in the United States and begin a better life. This
My home has been a place of many medical incedents. My mother has had countless operations before i was old enough to understand. I was three years old for her first one, and I tried to be the a good son. I hoped that if I loved her enough, her surgery would go well and shed be ok. When i had gotten older, i had become much more fearful for her welbeing, but my grandmother was always there to calm ma down and not lose it.
My name is Sandra Neema Nyamuhebe, and I am a refugee from the Congo in Central Africa. I moved to Tanzania with my family when I was 3 years old to escape wars at home. While in Tanzania, we had an extremely hard time being accepted and meeting our basic needs. My parent struggled to find work and food to feed the family. So, my family applied to be sent overseas to find refuge and more opportunity through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). We waited and hoped for 10 years to find a place to start a new life while living in Tanzania.
Giving a human rights issue an individual face often results in greater attention . British citizens living in resettlement communities are more likely to have interacted with a refugee or asylum seeker in a personal or professional capacity, and are therefore more likely to be sympathetic of their circumstances, making them ideal targets for the BRC’s communication campaign.
In the US, I witnessed the challenges of many Diaspora members, and I kept thinking about strategies to succeed and help others. While I was struggling to achieve my American dream that at one point I thought was an American nightmare, relatives and friends in Africa were unceasingly asking for my financial help more than I could and not realizing that, in order to obtain my doctorate, I had to go
Five years ago I had to flee Syria to save my life, I had to leave my university as well. As a new immigrant, few things can be challenging. However, soon I was able to go back to school. I was advised to take some classes at a community college to get a good start toward my bachelor’s degree. Yet, the financial side came in the way. “Give up” is a word that doesn’t exist in my dictionary, so I went ahead and worked hard to establish myself financially. I stopped school for a little bit and was able to prove my success in the business world. Today, I stand tall and ready to go back to school and obtain my four-year degree. More ready than ever for a shiny future.
TRIO are government effort programs in the United States intended to recognize and provide needy service for people from disadvantaged backgrounds like me. Being former refugee, I recognize refugees desperate need for talents to show with possible solutions working towards educational goals. I represent that. Coming from refugee background my greatest challenge is to uplift the living stander of other refugees around the world. The need of guide for talents to show cannot be under-foreground; hence my application to this scholarship and TRIO will not let it to be under-foreground.
This paper is written in a reflective format which aims to outline, discuss and introduce topics which were examined and discussed during panel discussions which took place during Social Justice week at Ryerson University and the “Workshop on the Global Governance of Migration: Perspectives from Canada and Europe”. The overarching topic reflected on throughout this paper is migration and practices and rhetoric surround it. One of the panel’s attended was titled “Migration and Social Justice – Supporting Refugee Communities” during Social Justice Week. Two additional panels were attended during an ad-hoc event organized by the Department of Criminology, Ryerson University and Queen Mary University of London. This workshop took place on November 2-3, 2017. The panel
I am Idiris Abdi, born in Somalia and grow up in Kenya special in Dadaab refugee camps. I did my middle school and high school in Africa (Kenya). Most of my time in the in Dadaab refugee I spend for education, I went for a college in Nairobi Kenya for logistic Management, but I didn’t completed the cause because of resettlement to USA. I decided to do one year of diploma and I did it. I work nonprofit organization in the refugee. This is my first online class but when I was in Africa I did Distance learning similar to online. I don’t have any professional; my hobbies are soccer, movers and reading novels.
During the summer of 2013, I attended an international youth leadership camp where I met 50 Iraqi teenagers. They taught me about their culture and what their life is like in Iraq. The most important thing that I learned from them was that though we hailed from different countries, we had a lot in common. Now, whenever I hear news updates on the Middle East, it is not just another conflict in a foreign land but a conflict that directly affects my friends. In a way, I feel obligated to learn about what the Middle East is going through. Since I started my semester abroad, I have gained an increased interest in immigration and I would like to study the Middle Eastern refugee crisis more in-depth. Researching alongside a professor at another college would allow me to gain insight on the crisis that I wouldn’t achieve on my own. Though this will be the first time I will have researched with a professor, I look forward to offering my skills and discovering what there is to learn about the Middle Eastern refugee
Acquiring an international placement interests me because it would present me with an invaluable opportunity to cultivate unique skills needed for a future career in international social work. The United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees’ Community-Based Protection Unit (UNHCR CBP) Geneva placement is the perfect internship for me to develop more insight into how international policies and organizations influence our response to the needs of our global refugee population. The UNHCR CBP Geneva placement is my top choice for several reasons. Mainly its impactful services and its capacity to challenge my macro skills to the fullest, but most importantly because it would grant me the opportunity to collaborate in my areas of interest;
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said in December, "The world cannot sit by and watch genocide taking place. The world cannot just say 'look, it is not our problem'”. However, the massive amount of refugees is problematic for the host countries and for the refugees themselves. Bangladesh has started putting a ban on refugees entering. Refugees live in squalor and camps set up in the middle of nowhere with makeshift roofs and floors. People are sick and injured and starving. This life of a refugee, that some of us may conjure up an image, is not the same as reality. As Hannah Ardent wrote, the term refugee is used all wrong. These are not people who were flushed out because they were political radicals. These were people discriminated against, people who were traumatized and battered. They are immigrants, seeking refuge. When so many of us hear
Imagine living in a country where it’s been taken over by a terrorist group and the government is also attacking the citizens. Your sense of security has now vanishes and staying in your home country will give you less of a chance of survival then it is sailing the Mediterranean Sea, and it is clear the winner is to leave your country and flee to another. The trip proved to be harsh, but you made it. When you arrive, you stay in a camp that is run down and the sanitation is lacking along with jkdjknfbkjsdbdk . After you apply asylum to a country they tell you it many take a while for it to be accepted and you know that the camp will become your new home for a while.