I am a student in Canada. I think of myself as one of the luckiest kids in the world. I have the right to an education which no one can take away from me. I was shocked to know that a 16 year old Syrian refugee boy was held in solitary confinement in immigration detention for 3 months. The country that I am so proud to be born in and a part of suddenly didn’t feel so great. My thoughts about Canada have always been positive and I have always had tremendous respect for this great nation. Learning about the treatment of refugee children has made me have second thoughts on my view of my country. I could never imagine being treated the way these kids have. Some of those children have been detained without their parents. I could not imagine the
