The Happiest Refugee Essay

With all this talk of refugees in the news, perhaps knowing the definition of what a refugee actually is would be useful. The 1951 Refugee Convention defines a refugee as, “[A]ny person who: owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country.”…

Food was seen as a gift during the war because it was in such high demand. Salva was extremly lucky to have encountered a memeber of the group who happend to follow a bird to their souce of nutrients. A bees nest. Their technquie of getting the bes out of the nest wasnt eaxactly the smartest but they had to do what they ever it took to get the one thing they desperattly yearned for." It was worth it, Salva thought as he touched his eye gingerly." Even though Salva has been stung by multiple bees…

raised in a Bhutanese refugee camp in Nepal. I still remember the nights in the refugee camp when we slept without eating anything because there was simply nothing to eat. Our family, like most others in the refugee camp, relied on aids provided by different humanitarian agencies. We also relied on the kindness of local people who would sometimes give us clothes. The clothes may have been used, but to us, it was more than we could have hoped for. As a kid growing up in a refugee camp, I was…

million people that had fled their home country in fear of persecution. In 2011 there were a total of 1,669,725 asylum applications received worldwide, yet only 0.92% of those were made to Australia (Healey 2013). Despite being a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention, Australia has some of the toughest immigration policies worldwide. Australia, for example, is the only western country to place asylum seekers in mandatory detention instead of allowing them to live in the community while their…

not limited to the organization’s websites, news articles, journals, various books and interviews for the directors. For the purpose of this study, three organizations were chosen. The organizations have the same line of work, which mainly entails refugee resettlement across the globe. The organizations include Mercy Worldwide, American Red Cross and the UNHCR. These organizations have far-reaching mandate of making those who have fled…

In mid-19th century, one of the most controversial wars claimed the territories of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. This war is essentially known as the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War lasted an alarming 20 years, from 1955 to 1975. As you could imagine, there were an extensive number of casualties, estimating in over 2 million victims. Of the most claimed, were South Vietnamese, totaling an estimated 430,000 citizens. In hopes of preventing a communist takeover in South Vietnam, several anticommunist…

European nations would argue otherwise. The Syrian refugee crisis continues to be an international issue as the United States and other non-European nations begin to extend asylum offers to refugees, while European nations hope the 230 million euros they have invested in researching methods to hinder illegal immigration will prove successful in combatting refugees looking to immigrate illegally. Meanwhile, they will also search for methods to aid refugee programs in handling the massive influx…

In the past few weeks and months social media and television have been bombarding us about the war in Syria and the refugee crisis that has occurred because of it. This bombardment is important, because without it, many would have no idea what was going on in Syria. Many Syrians have been displaced from their homes in the past four years since the Syrian civil war started and are struggling to find a place to live. European countries have been doing as much as they can to accept refuges, and to…

How ARC Advances Social Justice in Crises American Refugee Committee (ARC) is a nonprofit organization, based in Minneapolis, MN that works with refugees, internally displaced persons and people facing disaster and conflict in 11 countries (ARC 2016). The types of conflict ARC addresses includes natural and war related disasters and gender based violence that result in oppression, persecution, poverty in terms of resources, health, education and wealth, and displacement. ARC aims to assist…

Grant Proposal: Refugee Health Care Matters The organization, Refugee Health Care Matters (RHCM) sole purpose is to educate and assist refugees to the United States (US) in obtaining adequate and affordable health care. RHCM began in 2016 after the need for education and assistance in the area of health care became known through research. When refugees come to the US, they are sponsored through various organizations that are responsible for finding furnished housing, providing education in…