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    The Pale and Muslim Refugees Today The Pale has had a lot to deal with in the past century, from the Jews to the Muslims. Poland and surrounding areas are constantly struggling with refugees. In the beginning of the 19th Century it was the Jewish people that part of Europe did not want to deal with. More recently it's the Muslim refugees that some of the Polish population are having a hard time with. We will explore the reasons why this is happening , the origins of the pale, who is behind it

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    providing refugees with the assistance they need to succeed. Exploring different areas such as connections and services through an interview process has given us a better insight into what path to take to better accommodate refugees with the challenges in their current country.   When conducting interviews our group kept in mind the practicality of the refugee's situation. Since for many individuals, this time in their lives is emotional we decided to reach out to the individuals that help refugees. When

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    The number of refugees worldwide has increased as a result of acts of terrorism, ethnic cleansing, war and genocide (Assiri, 2014). It is estimated that there are over 12 million refugees worldwide (Crowley, 2009). A significant number of these refugees arrive in Australia yearly. Each year Australia receives 125,000 immigrants, 10 percent are refugees classified under the Humanitarian Program (Davidson, Skull, Calache, Murray, & Chalmers, 2006). Refugees are recognized as one of the most vulnerable

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    incomprehensible as it may seem, was the inescapable reality of a Syrian refugee named Yehia from the Syrian village of Deraa (Gupta 4). According to World Vision, 5.1 million Syrians are refugees, 6.3 million are internally displaced, and a grand total of 13.5 million require humanitarian assistance (1). Of the 65 million refugees in the world today, Syrians are a prime example of our failure to safeguard the sanctity of human life on a global level. As a country of immigrants, and one of the most, if not

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    Most likely they will be nice and accepting.. The United States should accept refugees because they are struggling to stay alive , they need our help and they are waking up to war everyday. Nevertheless the good things that refugees can gain far outway the bad things that can happen to them. These people need our help and they need to flee the country they are living in and they need to survive. I think the refugees from all over

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    designed to reduce the number of refugees brought into Australia. The issue of refugees within Australia is a controversial one, and has attracted a diverse range of opinions within the public. Prime minister Tony Abbott made the issue of asylum seekers a major aspect of his election campaign in 2013, promising to implement strict policies regarding the acceptance of asylum seekers and stem the flow of refugees into Australia. Since then, the number of refugees contained in detention centres has

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    According to UNHCR (2017a), there are, currently, 22.5 million of refugees in the world. Comparing to the world population reported in United Nations (2017), it can be calculated as three refugees in every 1,000 people. Nowadays, most of the people who have escaped from their own countries are Syrian. Since 2011, the beginning of Syrian civil war, total registered Syrian refugees are 17.5 million people (UNHCR, 2017b). From the UNHCR database, most of them are living in neighbouring countries such

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    Syrian Refugees Proposal

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    Syrian refugee crisis in the United States. Specifically, my proposal will deal with American attitudes towards refugees fleeing their country and what we could do better to help them adapt to this country. This topic is important in today’s society because with the election of Donald J. Trump, the rise of xenophobia and islamophobia has occurred. Trump has called Syrian refugees a “Trojan horse,” warning society that allowing them into our country is letting “terrorists” into our country.

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    Mohamed Sanbur Cristopher Broyles ENG 102 KCTC July 2, 2015 Refugee. Refugees are embarrassed when they are forced to introduce themselves as refugees. They are no longer in their country, and yet they are not the citizens of the country they live. So where do they belong? Are they going to be refugees forever? Life is never easy for a refugee person. It is a life of poverty, limited access to education, lack of access to sports or recreational facilities. The denotative

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    Refugees Mental Illness

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    Refugees have increased risk of psychotic disorders as compared to native-born and other people who have migrated for other reason apart from fleeing war, according to a new Swedish study published in BMJ medical journal. Fleeing persecution, wars, bloodshed, and natural disasters can leave scars in a person, which makes him or her vulnerable to psychosis such as schizophrenia and other Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD). Although previous studies have suggested that refugees are prone to developing

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