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First steps in New Zealand When refugees and asylum seekers arrive in New Zealand they spend the first six weeks adjusting to life in the Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centre. The centre, where currently 165 refugees are staying, consists of four different agencies: Immigration, Medical, Counselling, and Education. Maria Lawyer, who has spent 28 years researching and being involved in refugee education, is a manager at the Centre for Refugee Education. Ms Lawyer always felt strongly about…

painful realization of the implications of her sexual identity (Higson & Mullan, 2002). She has the opportunity to escape for good, but the young man who offers her a ride makes a remark about how she must be from “in there”, referring to the Magdalene Asylum, and says that they must be taking in “loonies” now (Higson & Mullan, 2002). This scene is extremely powerful, because Margaret realizes the social implications of her sexuality. Because she has been metaphorically branded with the label of…

The refugee crisis has sparked an outburst in society. 2014-2015 has seen the worst refugee crisis since WWII, with 19.5 million refugees seeking asylum. Many citizens are debating whether to allow refugees within United States borders. Over one-third of all refugee arrivals, or 24,579, came from the Near East in 2015—a region that includes Iraq, Iran, Bhutan, and Afghanistan (American Immigration Council, para.4). In a study, 59% of Americans said the U.S. is at war with radical Islam, and 5…

“Runaway Train” by Soul Asylum The song “Runaway Train” by Soul Asylum describes Holden’s journey through New York and what he is thinking. For instance, Holden talks about going away for a long time when he says, “I’d start hitchhiking my way out West…. And live there the rest of my life” (Salinger 198-9). Holden starts to digress a lot but this time he starts to become super serious about this irrational idea of moving out forever. He feels like he doesn’t need anybody anymore and just wants…

It was fall of 2003 Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel was a therapist for Jack Nicholson also known as the Joker. So on January 2nd Joker and Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel were talking about Batman. Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel started to fall in love with the Joker. Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel started to realize that Batman stopped making Joker happy. So she thought it was wrong that she was falling in love with the Joker, but she loved him and she thought that Joker loved her too. So on January 6th…

person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. This is what a refugee is. On the 31st of August, the high court made its landmark decision, ruling that the federal government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Malaysia was unlawful. There was a case about two plaintiffs who are citizens of Afghanistan, against the minister of immigration. The second plaintiff was only the age of 16. The plaintiffs arrived on Christmas Island on the 4th…

to flee persecution, they apply for protection with the Australian government. While they’re being processed for whether or not they are eligible to have asylum in Australia, they are kept in large camps called detention centres, and are called Asylum seekers. However, these detention centres are cruel and inhumane in their treatment of asylum seekers, and should absolutely not be used to hold anyone. Case in point, Don Dale detention centre, the place of the former juvenile prison, located in…

Refugee A refugee is someone fled their country where they were born and now is too scared to go back or cannot go back because of their race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or because they are a part of a social group. There are also people who are internally displaced people (IDPs) they have been forced to leave there country because of war. All around the world there are 50 million displaced people they remain without any protection and their lives are at risk because of their…

have experienced the trauma of fleeing their own countries, dangerous and tough journeys when seeking asylum and refuge, as well as distress of separating from their family members (Lomba, 2010). Having a job in their adopted country and being independent to financially support themselves help them to restore of self-worthiness which could potentially diminish during prolonged periods of seeking asylum (Fleay, Hartley & Kenny, 2013). Joblessness, unfavourable working conditions and insecure…

they are taken into consideration and offered help in terms of security, food and place to stay. For many years, the asylum seekers in Australia have been treated badly even worse compared to an animal and further, animals have better rights compared to the rights revolving around the refugees (Burnside & Reynolds, 2014, p. 1). Therefore, despite massive torture directed at asylum seekers, research has not established any form of political profit that the…