The Happiest Refugee Essay

Refugees are often described as people who are afraid of being persecuted because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political option, so they flee their home to a safer place. In the UN Refugee Agency, there are 65.6 million refugees in it and nearly 22.5 million of the refugees are under the age of 18. In the poem, Inside Out and Back Again, Ha, the main character, and her family had to flee Saigon because the war was getting closer and closer.…

Using a 7-step refugee resentment plane, that beginning with the UNHCR referring refugees the United States. Then their information is transferred to the Resettlement Support Center (RSC), where documentation is collected, uploaded to the Worldwide Refugee Admission Processing System (WRAPS), and then cross referenced. The next steps include national security agencies checking for security…

every individual and requests that all people – including children - are treated with respect. They need to be provided with all the opportunities available to reach their full potential. Looking at the typical Australian child compared to a child refugee, Australian children are provided with education, their own room, parents/guardians and a safe country that supplies clean water and food. However, child asylum seekers are entitled to no education, a shared room (often enough – no bed),…

There are many overseas-born people living in Australia who have migrated to seek a better life. The percentage of Vietnamese-born Australians as of June 2011 is 0.9%. Most Vietnamese migrants came to Australia after the Vietnamese war to live a better and safer life. Student migrants come to Australia to study and gain a better education to improve their quality of life. Part A: In 1975 many Vietnamese people migrated to Australia mainly because that was the year the Vietnam War ended. Before…

Government plans to relocate refugees have continued to move ahead this week as immigration minister Scott Morrison has travelled to Cambodia to sign a memorandum of understanding which would allow refugees in detention on Nauru to settle Cambodia. The government has also begun to push for the reintroduction of temporary protection visas along with new 'safe haven enterprise visas'. This legislation would see around 30,000 refugees currently living in the Australian community outside of…

Why? why does Australia do this? As a nation we are meant to be free, but then as soon as people arrive here to be in a safe environment they are thrown into detention centres onto remotes islands such as Manus. If these people are running from dangerous and unhealthy situations, then why are they being put into similar situations in another country. The three topics that are being covered include: how Australia doesn’t protect the human rights, what the rights towards refugees and asylum…

One of the largest refugee camps in the world is currently located in Dadaab, Kenya. The living conditions in the camp are atrocious. Overpopulation is one of the biggest problems in the camp, as Somalian refugees continue to pour in, escaping from the war and famine that has ravaged their country. The refugee camp is supporting and housing more than quadruple its capacity. Many people even die on the way to the camp, and the ones who make it end up living outside in tents produced with whatever…

Refugee youth in particular struggle in accessing PSE. In 2011, youth who immigrated to Canada before the age of 15 had high school and university completion rates that were higher than those of third- or higher-generation Canadians. However, another Statistics Canada report found that children of refugees had a much lower completion of university than children of economic migrants and skilled workers. A study from York University states that a large and growing percentage of refugees have…

In recent decades, there has been a global increase in the number of displaced people and people seeking asylum. The sheer magnitude and complexity of refugee movements has placed pressure on many destination countries to respond in ways which are sustainable, economical and respectful of human rights. One such approach has been the creation of detention centres to process asylum seekers. In this essay, an argument is made that while short-term detention of asylum seekers is justifiable,…

The United States of America is known to be one of the most welcoming countries when it comes to allow people from other areas to live here. However, when it comes to refugees there is sometimes a lack of that same hospitality. The American government, people, and media need to more inclusive in their discussions about refugees. People that are coming from countries of destruction and war do not leave to go ruin another country. They simply are looking for a better life for themselves and their…