A Brave New World: The Refugee Crisis

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The refugee crisis is a global problem that impacts many people’s lives and takes away basic human rights from many of the refugees. Refugees move from their own country to another with barely any money or luxuries, this basically means they will have to start their lives over in a new country. While fleeing their country refugees have to worry about facing things such as: persecution, disease, and even execution; as of now there are 15.2 million people that had to flee their country and try and start a new life, sadly, not all of them can. The refugee crisis is leaving a lot of people homeless, jobless, and lacking in education, which are basic rights of a human being. However, the refugees who are successful in starting a new life in their

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