Forced Migration: The Kite Runner

The Causes of Forced Migration, Past and Current Instances of a Group Fleeing, and Similarities/Differences with the book Kite Runner
For centuries, many individuals have fled their own countries for good or bad reasons such as immigrants and emigrants leave to find better opportunities. However, for refugees, they do not have a “win-win” with their situations because if they stay, they get killed, if they leave, they get killed. Many people leave for a better future from their own struggling countries. They have struggled of finding ways to escape, and many do not survive during their long journey. Only a few from their travels survive. There were many previous instances of groups of people forced to flee their country. African Americans
Forced Migration Online says that it describes a general term that refers to the movements of refugees and internally displaced people as well as people leaving because of natural or man-made disasters, chemical or nuclear disasters, starvation, and government projects. What does the word ‘refugee’ mean? According to dictionary.com, it is a person who flees for safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc. Many who are labeled as “refugees” believe that emigrating from their own country is the best option for them and their families. They leave their childhood, great memories, best friends, loved ones, and past lives just because they do not want to take the chance of dying unexpectedly. A country that a refugee used to love once has turned into a nightmare he or she never wanted. For many, moving to a safer country is harder than staying in their troubled country. They experience horrible events that did and will occur to them. Numerous of refugees have experienced several types of obstacles when it comes to immigrating to a different country. Many have faced horrific weather, borders, police encounter, and a “dead zone” area. They have confronted life and death situations just to get out of their country. As stated in the article “Root Causes of Migration”, there are many reasons why people chose to leave including poverty, armed conflict, social strife, political turmoil, and economic
However, their long travels to a safer place have either given them hope of survival or fear of dying. One man tells all about his own experience of hope and fear. Ahmed, who is from Syria, “survived the disaster but can’t find a reason for his life anymore”. He lost eight members of his family, when their boat sank after it left for Libya (“Ahmed’s Story, Syria,” 2013). From the tragedy he faced, the 67-year-old man remembered that horrible event with a lost of hope of living anymore. Ahmed recollects that “ ‘Agents’ helped them reach to Libya, and from there, according to the deal, Tunisian smugglers should have transported them to Malta. But they got into the hands of a gang of Somalis, Libyans and Tunisians instead” (“Ahmed’s Story, Syria,” 2013). Ahmed’’s story is similar to the situation faced by Amir and Baba, in the novel The Kite Runner, when they were stopped by soldiers . The father and son leave Kabul, Afghanistan for Pakistan due to Russian occupation in their hometown. During their journey, the fuel truck, that they use as an escape truck, is stopped by “two soldiers, one Afghan, the other a grinning Russian” (Hosseini K., 2003, p.114). The truck is opened and one of the soldiers sees a young woman. The soldier “wanted a half hour with the lady in the back of the truck” (Hosseini K., 2003, p.115). Nonetheless, the difference