Refugee Children Research Paper

Staying Is Not Better Imagine yourself being all alone, in a different country, with different costumes. Your family is either dead or half way across the world. You are on your own, you are a refugee. Many children are going through this right now. They are on their own trying to make a different life for themselves. Refugees moving to different counties is an ever changing problem. The stress put on the kids is too much and may cause mental health problems (“Mental Health...”). When they come, to a different country, they may not have a place to go, or food to eat. Even though refugee children may be sent to another country, in hopes of a better life, it is not always beneficial for the children, if the children have the opportunity …show more content…
These children are affected by stress everywhere they go. At American schools, refugee children seem to be lost. They are not accustomed to the way things work and what they have to do (“Mental Health...” 8). The children need a place to go out and play, which may be hard when they are adjusting to different country (Entin 3). With play children deal with their emotions, let stress out, and make friends (Entin 3). All of this is necessary for children to let out their stress. With all of the stress, it makes refugees wonder if it is really worth ito move countries, become a refugee, and leave the only life they have known.
Many refugees did not want to leave their lives, but because of reasons they can not control they find themselves alone and in a different country. Fatma had a good life with a, “huge house and garden” (“Syrian Refugees....”1). In her new life as a refugee she is very upset and wants to go back, “Our life was better than here” (“Syrian Refugees...” 1). Many refugees are worried about going to different countries and as a result it adds to the stress put on them (“Mental Health..."