COM111 – Task 3 The booklet “Girt by Sea” was written by Mungo McCullum speaks upon the refugees entering Australia and the battle between the politics. From my personal view, I feel refugees have the right to come to Australia to seek safety. Throughout the sections "The Boat People of 1881”, The Abuse of Innocence","Wongs, Whites and Reffos" and "The Big Lie”, Mungo McCullum uses strong points and persuasive techniques to shift the views of his readers. I feel Mungo uses strong points and…
21.3 million people worldwide are removed from their home due to war, persecution, and even natural disaster (UNHCR). These people are refugees. Refugees are everywhere. You might see them arriving in your city or country. You may also hear about the issues in their country on the radio/news. But, the radio and news don’t tell you about the effects of becoming a refugee. When leaving their home, refugee lives are turned “inside out” from the grief and fear that haunts them. Feeling accepted and…
Following these gruesome events, "as Vietnam's 'runaways', Vietnamese refugees ideologically do more than affirm the U.S. claim of 'being a safe haven for the oppressed'" (Espiritu 175). America is only considered to be a 'safe haven' for immigrants and refugees because of its promise of freedom and opportunities. The idea that Vietnamese refugees were helpless is what makes the United States feel superior to corrupted countries. This feeling of dominance is why Americans force their ideologies…
Stellern. The United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNCHR) provided evidence that supported Pope Francis's claim by stating that nearly one percent of the world's population were refugees or displaced peoples. Within his first few months as Pope, Francis became aware of the plight of refugees and made it one the key issues he focused on. In January of 2017, he established a Dicastery to focus on four key areas, including the plight of refugees and migrants. "In all her being and…
Allah. Since such of an attack it left Islamic natives despite for an escape, and United States president, Barrack Obama, ordered that America take in Islamic refugees. Such an order left Americans in an uproar causing debates about why that may be the wrong desicion for citizens who reside in the U.S. "Accept at least 10,000 refugees in the next fiscal year," may quickly change to 70,000 stated author Theodore Shoebat. If that number was not high enough there is talks about that number sky…
transit between The Middle East and Europe has caused for Europe to reconsider their refugee policy, because “...most of the people arriving by sea in Europe are refugees”, and by law, all European countries are required to provide all refugees with asylum (Mediterranean).…
According to former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, when we allow refugees into our country, it allows more terrorists to sneak through the system. Mike Huckabee states that “We are just going to open our doors and we don 't have any idea who these people are, but we do know that only one out of five of the so-called Syrian refugees who went into Europe are actually Syrian. Many of them, we had no idea who they were. They weren 't Syrian.”. Although…
Inside Out and Back Again refugees like the main character Ha, struggle when war comes knocking on their door and they have to flee in order to live. When refugees come to new homes they have many experiences, some are an inside out feeling while others are a back again feeling. Forced to leave their country, large amounts of refugees are experiencing difficulties like shortages of food and water and settling into new places and meeting new people. Ha and other refugees from the book, Inside…
have already gained benefits by welcoming more refugees and the economy is expected to prosper within the next few years. Part of this is because Syrians are willing to work anything they can do to support their families. They left everything behind and lost everything. In order to survive, they are doing everything they can to earn money. Additionally, an International Labor Organization survey of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, found out that Syrian refugees already are talented in most of the…
Along the Hungarian- Serbian border, hundreds of migrants and refugees fled from a temporary camp due to frustration with authorities. The camp, in Roszke, Hungary, contained hundreds of people waiting for buses to transport them, many of whom had waited overnight in the cold to move toward the border near Austria and Budapest. However, only one bus arrived, which created a huge commotion among the migrants, who were then well aware that there were no more buses coming. One Syrian man stated,…