The video ‘God Grew Tired of Us,’ is about the Lost Boys of Sudan. Sudan is a country located in Africa just South of Sahara and it stretches from Eastern to Western Central Africa. The Lost Boys of Sudan is a group of more than 40,000 boys, they have now grown up, that belong to the Dinka and Nuer ethnic group. When the Lost boys first fled Ethiopia, to escape induction into the northern army or death, the majority were maybe six or seven years old. They then walked more than a thousand miles, the majority of the dying, to find safety in the neighboring country Kenya, where they stayed at Kakuma refugee camp, where some are located today. The Lost Boys of Sudan are categorized as refugees, there are three categories that a migrant, person
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The second category is Internal migration and that is the movement of people from one place within a country to another. The first sub-category is Interregional is permanent movement from one region of a country to another. The final sub-category is Intraregional migration that is, seasonal movement of a complete population of animals from one area to another. The Lost Boys display these types of migration when they travel from Sudan and Ethiopia to Kenya, Internal migration, and interregional migration. They also display these types of migration when they travel from Kenya, Africa to the United States of America, International …show more content…
The lost boys decided to flee when there was an executive military, from the opposing side, order to kill all of the boys at young ages, to try and prevent the spread of the Dinka and Nuer ethnic group. This had all of the young boys up and fleeing in the middle of the night for their lives. The reason that the lost boys decided to settle in Kenya, also known as the pull factor, was because they were hungry and tired, they were safe there, and the main reason was that they had a refugee camp up, ready and waiting for their arrival. Another example of push and pull factors are when some of the Lost Boys decided to go to the U.S. Push factors not a lot of food, education, or opportunities in Kenya, and a pull was more food in America, better education, better opportunities, and all-around better
The second category is Internal migration and that is the movement of people from one place within a country to another. The first sub-category is Interregional is permanent movement from one region of a country to another. The final sub-category is Intraregional migration that is, seasonal movement of a complete population of animals from one area to another. The Lost Boys display these types of migration when they travel from Sudan and Ethiopia to Kenya, Internal migration, and interregional migration. They also display these types of migration when they travel from Kenya, Africa to the United States of America, International …show more content…
The lost boys decided to flee when there was an executive military, from the opposing side, order to kill all of the boys at young ages, to try and prevent the spread of the Dinka and Nuer ethnic group. This had all of the young boys up and fleeing in the middle of the night for their lives. The reason that the lost boys decided to settle in Kenya, also known as the pull factor, was because they were hungry and tired, they were safe there, and the main reason was that they had a refugee camp up, ready and waiting for their arrival. Another example of push and pull factors are when some of the Lost Boys decided to go to the U.S. Push factors not a lot of food, education, or opportunities in Kenya, and a pull was more food in America, better education, better opportunities, and all-around better