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    Introduction to the Refugees Welcome Movement The world is facing the largest refugee crisis since world war 2 with over 60 million people displaced worldwide and nearly 20 million refugees in circulation. Syrian refugees are fleeing the battle grounds which they once called home, engaging in desperate measures that risks their life daily, in a desperate attempt to better their lives and be safer in neighboring countries. The refugee crisis could not continue at the rate in which it was going, something

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    are, currently, 22.5 million of refugee in the world. Comparing to the world population reported in United Nations (2017), it can be calculated as three refugees in every 1,000 people. Nowadays, most of the people who have escaped from their own countries are Syrian. Since 2011, the beginning of Syrian civil war, total registered Syrian refugees are 17.5 million people (UNHCR, 2017). From the UNHCR database, most of them are living in neighbouring countries such as Lebanon and Turkey. Some of them

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    Most of the refugees in our focus group also recounted their difficulties with finding housing in the city. Shelters in Toronto are usually full and even if one was lucky enough to be accommodated at a shelter, they could only stay for the night. Shelters force these vulnerable people to stay outside the entire day and only come back around nine o’clock at night. One of the refugees from Namibia described shelters to have horrible living conditions because they were given bad food and often had unhygienic

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    years in Greece created new separations instead of locals and refugees because of Axis Occupation and Greek Civil War. Although the refugee identity partly conserved itself, new tragedies dominated the society of Greece. Similar tendencies of refugee population till this moment divaricated with new conditions. Although many refugees joined to ELAS which was left partisan groups against occupation and played fundamental roles, some refugees collaborate with Axis powers or in Civil War they chose the

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    Refugee resettlement process supports reintegration chances for refugees and asylum seeker and it gives an approach to a sustainable peace-building through their empowerment. There some benefits but despite those things resettlement practices has some challenges as well for refugees and host both countries. Resettlement policy and practices can be analyzed by different context and perspective. In the United States, resettlement policy has become a humanitarian issue which related to human rights

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    Topic: Democratic countries should have an obligation to accept refugees. Do you agree? In recent decades, many people have sought refugee status and this has caused a lot of discussion on the issue. Many argue that refugees should not be given priority in gaining entry to democratic countries, while others believe they should. The purpose of this essay is to point out that democratic countries should have an obligation to accept refugees. To support this position, the following areas will be examined:

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    The United States should accept refugees who have background checks. It is a humanitarian duty for people, and the United States, to help other people that are in danger. Background checks would let the U.S know if the refugees are dangerous or not, so as long as they aren’t in any harm, the U.S should let them in. Also, there are some Americans that are doing their best and helping out refugees that are actually coming in, and that shows American values. How would you feel if United States was

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    Torres 1 Virgenmina Torres GNED-400: Paper 4 Professor Grigg/Narita October 20, 2016 Asylees and Refugees Refugees and Asylees are defined as, “Under international law as being outside their home country and having a well-founded fear of persecution based on race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group, according to Bridging Refugee Youth & Children Services article, “Refugee 101.” In the United States, refugee and asylees resettlement was

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    The talk about Refugees has become a hot topic worldwide. A lot of people are taking this back to World War ll. This is because the similarities between what's going on now compared to then. A lot of people are comparing the events to what took place when the United States wouldn't allow any refugees into our country, and caused thousands to die. Both articles show a lot of similarities. To begin, the people being talked about in these articles are both being affected greatly. These people are both

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    persecution. Cambodian Refugees and Vietnamese Refugees are both minority groups in the United States today whom have fled their homeland to escape communism and persecution. These groups have suffered many conflicts and overcome many obstacles in order to rid themselves of persecution and in order to gain the freedom that all humans should possess. Although Cambodian Refugees and Vietnamese Refugees are two different groups, they possess both similarities and differences. Cambodian Refugees and Vietnamese

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