Internally displaced person

to me, Why don’t you go out there and fight for women’s rights? We were looking forward to democracy and now people asked, ‘If Benazir can die, nobody is safe.’It felt as if my country were running out of hope” (Yousafzai 133). Benazir Bhutto was a person of major influence to Malala. She spoke in support of education just like Malala wished to do. She was shot and killed by the Taliban for speaking out and Malala decided that she should be the one to publicly speak in support of woman for her…

In August 2016, newspapers and social media outlets around the world showcased a photo of a Syrian toddler named Omran Daqneesh. He is sitting in an ambulance, covered in dirt, rubble, and blood, waiting for help. His horrific state shocked the world and reminded us of the very real trauma Syrians experience everyday in the midst of a brutal civil war. Omran Daqneesh became a symbol of the lack of solidarity humans have for each other and their plights, even when it comes to children.…

Among these challenges becoming ever more prevalent in the face of wars and ecological disasters is that of forced migration: the flows of refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced people. At the end of 2015, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported 65.3 million forced migrants, of whom 21.3 million people are refugees (UNHCR 2016). While many of these refugee crises are immediate emergency situations…

Refugees have existed ever since there has been conflict in the world; both World Wars, displacement of Jews and Palestinians, the India and Pakistan border conflict, and even the aftermath of Japanese imperialism. Although refugees have been a huge issue throughout history, the recent crisis has brought over one million refugees into Europe in just 2015. Today, more than 65 million people are forced out of their home country as a result of persecution, violence or natural disasters. The…

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…

Assimilation is the cultural changes in a displaced person that takes place because of time spent in an dissimilar culture. Berry, Poortinga, Segall, and Dasen (2002) mention that there are distinctions between psychosomatic and socio-cultural assimilation. At the personal stage, adaptation happens in a student 's identity, principles, and viewpoints. They often experience stress from seeking to fit into a new group of peers who speak dissimilar languages. Trying to adapt to a new culture,…

clean drinking water and around 3 days even with shelter provided.” (Binns) In addition, the overall health of the displaced civilians must be taken care of by providing enough health clinics for a temporary housing area in order to support the large displaced population. They must provide basic healthcare, family planning, infant delivery specialists in case of pregnant displaced persons, treatments for malaria, diarrhea, cholera,…

The city of Aleppo is one of the most populated cities in the Levant and the one of the oldest in the world. Now, the effects of war have left the city in rubble. Families, like eight-year-old Huda’s, have had to flee their homes in search for shelter. They settled in a neighborhood west of the city. In her new home, Huda often yearns for the familiarity of her old room. Adjusting to her situation has been hard, as they barely have enough necessities to survive every day. Cuts to their water…

After the lengthy and painful election process that the United States had to witness, the word refugee may still be ringing in our heads. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the major party candidates, threw around the word with seemingly opposite connotations. The online Webster’s dictionary even goes so far as declaring it one of the top 20% of words in public use. Though it defines refugee as: “someone who has been forced to leave a country because of war or for religious or political reasons,”…

The world has recently become aware of a shocking crisis in Europe. Migrants from around the world are making the perilous journey from their own war-torn poverty-stricken lands to the safer prosperous nations within the EU. As the most affluent continent in the world, we should be expected to welcome the immigrants and grant them a safe place to live. However we treat them with a xenophobic prejudice, as though they have come only to pillage and plunder both patria and populace. We are told…