The Happiest Refugee Essay

The physical, as well as emotional experience of exile, is horrid. Exile used to be used for those who were banished from their country due to the cause of a crime. Time has changed, however, and those who experience exile can do so by being away from home or, by being alone and away from people. This exile creates an extreme, upsetting feeling for those involved in exile. This upset feeling is called sadness; for example, the article, The Value of Sadness, informs, “Sadness is a live emotion…

The fear of isolation exists in many aspects of life today. Everyone feels the need to be connected in one way or another, when people are isolated from someone or something, they feel as if they are unwanted, unloved, or unneeded. The Road by Cormac Mccarthy is about the struggles of two people as they trek alone across a post-Apocalyptic America with little food, water, or hope. The characters are isolated from sane society and along the way encounter many deadly situations. On the Beach by…

Vancouver and have successfully saved many poor souls from further suffering. In only six months, MOSAIC has provided help for over one thousand and eight hundred refugee with approximately one third being Syrian. Moreover, in the year of 2016, the government of British Columbia has authorized MOSAIC to be the leading team of the Syrian Refugee Response Team for Metro Vancouver. It has hosted workshops and helping services on health, education, employment, and settlement, as well as language…

Australia’s International Obligation to Refugees in Offshore Processing Centres The treatment of asylum seekers and refugees in offshore processing centres has been described in numerous articles as ‘overly harsh, inhuman and degrading’, with many scholars highlighting their concerns that Australia is not complying with their international obligation to refugees and subsequently, neglecting their responsibilities by transferring refugees to offshore processing centres in other countries. The…

seek safety from the city but many have got caught in the cross fire. More than half of the population has been decreased because of the war. Daily refugees flee their homes taking to the streets in hopes to find safety which has contributed to the refugee crisis. According to the article…

Arabia and, UAE, have taken humanitarian action by hosting around three million Syrian refugees, allowing access to free education, healthcare, and employment. Bahrain itself has taken in 355 refugees in total, which is very little compared to other refugee accepting countries. The reason for accepting limited number of refugees is that the large influx of refugees can be a serious threat to the citizens,…

take advantage of our compassion. This is a moment where it's better to be safe rather than to be sorry. So we think the prudent, the responsible thing is to take a pause in this particular aspect of this refugee program in order to verify that terrorists are not trying to infiltrate the refugee population." Ryan has a valid point; we should not let people come in, and possibly attack our own country. If we let the refugees in we are putting ourselves at…

On the 8th of December 2016, a 17 year old Iraqi asylum seeker raped and drowned a 19 year old Australian girl. The victim was a young university student with significant prospects in medical school. This news astonished the country and is a reflection of a wider problem in Australia that we need to wake up to: the crime of various types committed by refugees have been increasing at an alarming rate where about 20 cases of sexual assault occur every single day. Most refugees are not…

The film Stones in the Sun (Patricia Benoit, 2012), tells a story about how people leave their country to New York City and begin their new lives. For some reason, I really respect their decision and their courage. I understand how hard it is to make a decision to leave your homeland. Moreover, you know as long as you left, you will never go back. This is the difficult part. On the other hand, facing the political unrest in Haiti, civilians cannot change anything. The only thing they can do for…

According to United Nation Refugee Convention a refugee is defined as person who has been forced to flee their country of origin and is unable or unwilling return due to fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group (Australian Human Rights Commission, 2015). Refugees are place or held in refugee camps or immigration detention centers where they experience, violence imprisonment, torture, and dangerous travel…