Refugee

Armin Greder’s ‘The Island,’ published in 2002, conveys its multi-layered thematic depth through exploring notions of bullying, the politics of social hierarchies, racism, and ultimately widespread xenophobia within a seemingly simple plot line. It has been described as as a "timely" allegory about refugees, and reflecting predominant issues of contemporary Australian society. ‘The Island’ is a powerful allegory that draws overwhelming amounts of fear towards those who are different, and also…

The Civil War in Yemen Background: The Yemeni Civil War, in its complexity, is very difficult topic to fully comprehend. However, to gain an understanding how it all began is a slightly less confusing matter. With the Yemeni revolution in 2011, the then President for thirty-three years, Ali Abdullah Saleh and his Shia government were overthrown, instating Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi under a new democratic Sunni government. However, instability shook Yemen once again when Houthi forces performed a…

Finland There are several reasons why people decide to migrate to other countries. Whether, it is for education or monetary reason there are immigrants from other countries living in Finland. Individuals generated different opinions regarding immigration because of distinctive reasons. To examine individuals’ attitude towards immigrants is importance to identify the factors that influences such opinions. I would like to investigate how does economic circumstances can influence attitude towards…

What is the author’s main argument or position? (5 marks) The author is of the view that although immigration has several advantages, however, the immigration system needs to be reformed. The premises he uses to support his conclusion are that, the immigrants, who came under the old immigration policy system are not as successful as local Canadians because they are not young enough, their credentials are not recognized in Canada, their language skills are lack luster and in some cases they are…

What are the biggest challenges immigrants face when going to America and to what extent can they be overcome? The issues focused on in the essay are the biggest challenges that immigrants face in their day-to-day lives in a new place. An immigrant is someone who moves to another country permanently. Some issues they struggle with most are the cultural differences, the language barrier and trying to make a living. Those points and more are explored through the sources used to write this essay.…

She Stood When Others Would Have Fallen Imagine you’re riding on a school bus on the way home from school. Then a stranger walks onto your bus and calls your name asking you to step forward, so you do and next thing you know you are shot three times: one in the head, one in the shoulder, and another one just passing by you. This is Malala’s story. In the book “I Am Malala” by Malala Yousafazai, Malala writes about her life before she was brutally shot by the Taliban and her recovery afterward.…

There are several things about immigration in the United States that I learned from CORE 102. One of which includes the fact that immigration is a sensitive subject which cannot effectively be solved from one day to the next. Second, involves around the adverse journey that people from Central American have to endure in order to make their way into a great country filled with opportunity. In Sonia Nazario’s “Enrique’s Journey”, Nazario recounts the tragedious journey that Enrique had to undergo.…

The given extract is a speech delivered by Stan Grant on Racism and Australian dream in 2016 at Ethics Centre, Sydney, Australia. He primarily targets the audience belonging to Australia. With the use sarcastic and confronting tone speaker expresses his disappointment and serve his purpose to inform the audience about the historical brutality suffered by the aborigines with the use rhetorical questions, anaphora, and juxtaposition. Stan Grant at the start of his speech uses rhetorical question…

Many countries are facing torment by armed groups, and citizens are forced to displace and have to move out of countries. In fact, there are 60 million people lost their shelter and at least 36 countries where the armed groups are dramatically increasing and providing a serious impact on human rights (Cardwell, 2016). Therefore, most countries are lacking human rights which mean the rights that people have equal - no matter who they are, and where they from without discrimination (United Nation,…

In the post war years, Montreal was the core center of Canadian Jews. Its Jewish population exceeded Toronto’s, and the educational and communal structures built by the Jewish community outdid the smaller centers in Canada. Jews in Canada frequently live in cities or suburbs. Although not as residentially segregated as the Vietnamese, often neighborhoods could be considered “Jewish neighborhoods” because of the amount of Jewish synagogues, schools and Jewish population living there. In Louis…