Refugees: Who, Where Why Analysis

The changing environment throughout time has caused many families to move out of their homelands. These families are either forced to make the decision to move out, or they move by their own desire. Migration and parenthood in a new country are significant transitions that pose stressful challenges for immigrant and refugee parents. Although living in Canada can be rewarding, however, there are challenges that immigrants and refugee face through trying to adapt to the culture of Canada. These challenges may include, battling cultural shock, Language Barriers, Misconceptions of Homeland and culture, employment, and depression.

Ha and the refugees that are immigrating to the U.S. where they are all hoping to flee from the war back home in Vietnam, the refugees do not know that they will encounter many challenges such as discrimination and bullying along the way to the american dream.Ha is being bullied at school and she claims that, “They pulled my arm hair, they threw rocks at me, they promised to stomp on my chest.”Lai, (151).Furthermore this explains how Ha is being bullied because she is different from the other children in the U.S. the author uses the example that they threw rocks at me to explain what they did to her. Furthermore the pilgrims had to go through a lot, “They had fled to America because of religious persecution in their homeland”Gevert (2). This

Ha’s life as a refugee is a life experience is something that only the strong can go through, and her entire family made it. When refugees flee home, it is because of fear that their family will be torn apart by the war when they leave home, family, friends, memories, basically the perspective of the person is leaving what they desired. Then when they finally do find a home, (not all), they are greeted with new challenges, one of many is that acceptance in their new home, some people probably don’t want to make a living in their new home, “But life happens wherever you are, whether you make it or not”. But when people turn “inside out” they feel empty inside and everything is useless, they have to start over from square one and become “back again”. When they become happy again and accept what has happened to them, so they can move forward in life. This book is mostly about a girl with her family who was in a war, so they left of fear of being torn apart by the war because they will be safer than where they are at in the moment, Saigon Vietnam, but are greeted with challenges in the Alamba U.S.A.

The refugee crisis is a hotly debated and controversial topic all over the globe relevant to today. The rising number of refugees arriving in the European Union has significantly increased throughout the past few years. The controversy comes from not the refugees themselves, but from where they are emigrating from. Coming from extremely hostile and dangerous countries operated by the Islamic State militants, there is a sense of hysteria from the opposing side saying that there are risks that need to be factored in when accepting such a large amount of people from places where there are high concentrations of terrorism into their home countries. On the other side of the argument, the advocates for refugees are proclaiming that as humans we have moral obligations to give the quintessential helping hand to humans whenever one is in need, regardless of their situation or circumstances. Through social activism these proponents are seeking to

When enacting policies toward asylum seekers and refugees, countries always examine the impact of the economic burden that an influx of vulnerable people is going to have on the country. Accepting refuges requires to government of the asylum country to provide access to housing, welfare, healthcare and education to the new immigrants. Access to career services is also required in order for the new immigrants to receive training and certification needed for them to get employed. However, all these services cause an economic strain in the lives of citizens of asylum countries that is reflected in their taxes. In order to minimize the burden, many countries enact laws that decrease the access to social rights and educational institutions.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of families are forcibly removed from their homes because they’re unable to pay their rent or mortgage. Their entire family is uprooted and forced to give up all they know because of a few missed payments. They’re forced to go stay with a friend or sometimes even forced to live in some kind of shelter that will help them through these times. How do you think that family feels? Now imagine that on a greater scale. Hundreds maybe even thousands of people being forced out of their country due to a war, or some kind of racial discrimination. These people who suffer this are called refugees. Refugees were defined by the United Nations to be people who are not considered as nationals by any state under the operation of its law. They have almost no rights, and due to this, they are also often treated very poorly. Though it is possible for them to move and travel, they have no chance of acquiring citizenship into any country. Refugees have been displaced from their home due to racial discrimination, war tribulations, or for the sake of their own safety. The displacement of refugees is an issue dating back to before WWII. Before the second world war, statelessness referred mainly to the status of the inhabitants of conquered territories because they no longer had a place to which they truly belonged. For example, many Jews became stateless before and during the Holocaust, because the Nuremberg laws stripped them of their German

Refugees when someone has left their country because of a conflict in their country or they are forced to leave because of constant wars, starvation and group mistreated. Immigration is when you leave your country and go to a different one and live there because of rough conditions like corrupt leader or many wars that won't stop or have been going on for a long time. Refugees on the other hand have to flee to camps and can't go to another county because it's just as corrupt or the war has been there or will soon be arriving at that destination. When immigrants arrive in a country they steal people's jobs that are easy and not as complicated because also want to make a living of their own but can't because they are illegal in the country.Refugees

What is one story of a young migrant or refugee that you heard? Are there any ways the story opened your eyes?

UNHCR (2015) records that 2015 saw the highest number of displaced people seeking refugee and asylum seekers in different countries. Whereas many European nations have been considerate enough to open the borders for these unfortunate people, Australia has remained very passive responding to the world refugee crisis.

The situation present migrant situation in Europe is concerning to say the least, thousands, if not to say millions of immigrants cross European frontiers illegally every day, causing not only legal problems for themselves, but also injuries and death.

Baumgartner et al., also argue that the death penalty policies are extremely vulnerable to public opinions. Throughout their book, they frequently mention how small changes in perceptions and attitudes can lead to drastic changes in actions and behaviours. Because the death penalty can be one of the issues that behave as a deal breaker in presidential or political campaigns, politicians are careful to make a stance that does not agree with the public.

I learned of the movement by reading about the refugee crisis online. Another way I learned about the movement was seeing news coverage surrounding the refugee crisis and people boarding boats in treacherous waters desperately trying to escape their home countries. Media and other forms of representation played an essential role in covering the refugee crisis movement. Depending on the news outlet I often saw how different political ideologies infiltrated the facts about the movement. From my viewpoint I believe that there is a target market for the campaign. The movement seems to be appealing to a wide range of groups. The campaign appeals to most age groups, it calls for people to get involved for all different ages. There seems to be one geographical region that has been particular called upon to help the movement. The geographical region that seems to be targeted the most is countries in the Mediterranean area. This seems to be true because that area is a central location that many of the refugees have some, but difficult time accessing. I feel as if the movement is asking me to do several things. For instances, the movement is asking me to lay down prior prejudices I may have had and to be more empathetic to the human suffering that is taking place in the refugee crisis. Another thing that I feel that the movement is asking me to do is to have “open arms” to refugees in whatever compacity that I am able. I have partially been able to do what the movement is asking me to

Following years in Greece created new separations instead of locals and refugees because of Axis Occupation and Greek Civil War. Although the refugee identity partly conserved itself, new tragedies dominated the society of Greece. Similar tendencies of refugee population till this moment divaricated with new conditions. Although many refugees joined to ELAS which was left partisan groups against occupation and played fundamental roles, some refugees collaborate with Axis powers or in Civil War they chose the government side against leftists.

Over the past couple months I have learned many new things about immigration. I got to look at immigration through many different perspectives throughout the Truman Lecture events as well as through reading The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande.

Imagine this... Waking up everyday in a cold tin shed, a storage shed or an abandoned chicken coop. No windows. Limited running water. Clothing as blankets and pillows. No heating. Everyone in the same boat. Everyone struggling for safety. Everyone hoping for peace. Imagine having no choice but to find shelter wherever it may be available for the night. This is the global refugee crisis. According to Dictionary.com, the refugee crisis refers to the movements of large groups of displaced people. Displaced meaning they have left their home, their live, their family and friends behind.