From 2005 to 2014‚ about 26‚000 refugees who arrived in Canada annually were forced to leave their countries due to fear and persecution.1‚2 The United Nations defines a refugee as "someone who is unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race‚ religion‚ nationality‚ membership of a particular social group‚ or political opinion”.3 Refugees in Canada are divided into two groups: those that have obtained the refugee status
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through the documentary ‘Search for the Afghan Girl’ which is concerned with McCurry’s return journey to Pakistan to trace the location of a young Afghan girl he photographed in 1984‚ that photo became famous and has come to represent the plight of all refugees. The narrator‚ Sigourney Weaver states ‘against all odds Steve’s on a journey‚ to solve one of the most challenging missing person cases of our time.’ Weaver not only refers to the unlikely chances of McCurry succeeding in tracking down ‘a face without
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Geographic Cover Features Afghan Girl: In December 1984‚ Afghanistan was five years into a bloody civil war between the Soviet Union‚ which sought to maintain a Marxist government there‚ and anti-government Islamic rebels called mujahedeen. Millions of refugees were pouring over the borders into Pakistan to escape the fighting. National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry was in the region for a story on the refugee crisis. While touring a refugee camp on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border‚ he entered
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century around 2-15 million of the Congolese died when Europeans began to take over the Congo Free State‚ evidently affecting the Congolese greatly. The Europeans made this horrific takeover because they believed that they could change Africa for the better. There were many changes in the Congo’s culture‚ economic and social status. This takeover initiated because of the Europeans’ want in their resources and the beginning of racism and abuse toward the Congolese‚ resulting in loss of freedom for
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My friends‚ my family are all around me. Are yours? Yes well then we know that we are lucky. Imagine waking up one morning and all of your friends have died. That’s what life is often like as a child soldier. Raise your hand if you have a Brother‚ Sister‚ or best friend who is under 18. Those of you that raised your hand can you imagine them running around with a gun in hand shooting people? Well it could very well be one day‚ or it may even be you. A child soldier is someone who is under the age
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This paper is used to discuss a future study which will explore the lived experiences of Syrian Refugees in Canada as it relates to their well-being. In order to accomplish this‚ the paper will be divided into seven major sections including: rationale‚ literature review‚ phenomenological discussion of well-being‚ ethics‚ recruitment‚ data collection‚ and closing remarks. The structure of the current paper is depicted in Figure 1 below. Topic of Exploration The purpose of this interview-based study
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One of the major problems and one of the most complicated issues currently in the world is the problem of world’s refugees and internally displaced people. The United Nations is still searching for a more effective and efficient ways to assist and protect refugees and internally displaced people. This problem is a global problem that affects the whole world. Some countries‚ however‚ call for increased levels of cooperation and coordination among relief agencies‚ other countries point to gaps in international
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If the refugees are not on welfare‚ their inability to speak English and smoothly integrate into society could not only prevent them from getting jobs‚ but also land them on the streets. Consequently‚ taking refugees from one bad situation and placing them in another would be like making these people choose between the lesser of two evils. Yes‚ most of the refugees will be on welfare‚ and yes‚ the number of homeless refugees will not be many‚ but the ones that do end up adding to the homeless population
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Problem: Syrian Refugees in Turkey According to the report of European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO) on asylum seekers taking refuge in Turkey‚ it is predicted that the number of the refugees will get around to 100‚000. As of 17 September 2012‚ 80‚000 refugees have been hosted in 13 camps run by the authorities and by the Turkish Red Criscent. During the process of preparing this report‚ Turkey shared the information with the EU that the aids of Turkish authotiries to the Syrian refugees effect the
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increasing number of refugees. Europe is experiencing the greatest refugee crisis since World War II. These refugees face a number of challenges such as trafficking‚ violence‚ starvation etc. The responsibility of protecting the rights of the refugees has been vested upon with two United Nations agencies namely the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)‚ which is presently caring for 10.4 million refugees all over the world‚ and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
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