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    Interpreters For Refugees

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    of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality” (UNHCR). According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, in the past year alone, 51.2 million people worldwide have left their home countries as refugees. This is the highest annual figure known to the UNHCR. Many of theses refugees do not speak the language of the country to which they flee, and must rely on interpreters to access health care, counseling, and legal services. Given the sometimes

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    American Refugees

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    The decision on whether to deny or accept the entry of refugees into America has been a controversial issue in today’s current events. Many American citizens have resolved to heated conflicts when expressing their differing opinions on whether the refugee policy should be revised or not. Refugees should be welcomed into America with open arms, but there must be a limit on the number of these refugees seeking asylum that can enter the country in order to save the economy. There has been continuous

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    exchange according to their inner policies. In order to obtain reliable data, the organisation must regularly cooperate with the Ministry of foreign Affairs, the Department of Immigration and the police. According to the latest facts, over a million refugees came to Europe. As a result, we can only imagine the final amount of created documents. That leads not only to duplication of data but to an omission of important information. Furthermore, the data of each refugee act as an important part of the

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    Refugees In Iraq

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    caliphate across the Middle East which has caused many refugees to flee the country in their state of fear. Approximately 13.5 million refugees in the Middle East are in need of humanitarian assistance (What you need to know: Crisis in Syria, refugees, and the impact on children). The group that has risen terror in many have given the natives of the country an ultimatum; convert to Islam, leave or die. It is quite simple. The Christian refugees are fleeing their native country because of the radical

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    Immigrants And Refugees

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    In my opinion, immigrants and refugees should have the right to obtain medical coverage under the Affordable Care Act. At the end of the day, all human are created equal; I also think that immigrants and refugee that came to America under working visa should qualify to receive healthcare coverage. Many immigrants migrate to the US with hopes that they will have a better life and brighter future for their children. Immigrants and refugees who reside in the US illegally will work for any price to

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    It was also a religious and ethnic history, in that it affected all of the Jewish communities and shaped Jewish history in general. It even served as a cultural and a diasporic history, after it changed Europe and provoked a massive migration of refugees. In short, the war was not just an independent political event that “just happened”, but an event that shaped Mrs. Altmann’s idea of self. The war

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    The Strengths Of Refugees

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    Refugees are a vulnerable group who has given up everything in a pursuit of a better life. Cultures from across the world differ in extreme ways. However, with that said no one culture or ideas is the better than the other. Each culture brings different strengths and weaknesses and the best to utilize those strengths is to put them together with the strengths of the others. Cultural competency is something that has to be continually worked on and studied. Cultural differences can make working together

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    Europe, The Catholic Church, and the Plight of Refugees In modern times, it seems that religion is both a large part of much of many people’s life but also regularly overlooked in contemporary societies. Some label themselves as subscribing to a certain religion, such as Catholic, but perhaps do not always act on the principles of their religion. As civil unrest has erupted in northern Africa and the Middle East, millions of people have been displaced and forced to find a new place to call home

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    American Refugees

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    war my family was forced to leave the country and travel to Russia. Throughout my childhood I always wanted to leave Russia, not because it has been a disastrous place to live, but it just wasn't for me. There were many issues in the country. The refugees that migrated to Russia weren’t getting the rights that the Russian citizens were getting. They couldn’t get a Russian passport, unless they paid a substantial amount of money for it. We had a different passport there that only sanctioned us to live

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    Australia’s human rights’ obligations. These policies have undergone frequent revisions from year to year, each sparking fierce public debate. A significant focus of this discourse has been the impact of these policies on the health of asylum seekers and refugees. In 2009, Johnston (2) conducted a review of empirical research examining

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