Unwind Research Paper Refugee camps are temporary housing for people that are fleeing their country due to war, beliefs, persecutions, safety, or natural disasters. Refugee camps exist all around the world, including the United States. These camps are important because they provide a second home to people in need that feel threatened in their home country. In today’s society, refugee camps play a big role in changing one’s life. Refugee camps relate to the novel, Unwind because the Graveyard, where Connor, Risa, and Lev stay to seek asylum from being “unwound”, is an example of a refugee camp. Refugee Camps have been around for as long as the Egyptian era. “One of the earliest recorded refugee camps is described in the biblical account of …show more content…
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My essay focuses on discrimination as one of the main challenges that refugees face. I discuss some instances of discrimination that occurred in the book, whether based on race or culture,
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How do you judge the atrocities committed during a war? In World War II, there were numerous atrocities committed by all sides, especially in the concentration and prisoner of war camps. Europeans were most noted for the concentration camps and the genocide committed by the Nazi party in these camps. Less known is how Allied prisoners were also sent to those camps. The Japanese also had camps for prisoners of war. Which countries’ camps were worse? While both camps were horrible places for soldiers, the Japanese prisoner of war camps were far worse.
“Concentration camps (Konzentrationslager; abbreviated as KL or KZ) were an integral feature of the regime in Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945. The term concentration camp refers to a camp in which people are detained or confined, usually under harsh conditions and without regard to legal norms of arrest and imprisonment that are acceptable in a constitutional democracy” (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum).
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On September 1 in 1939, Germany with Hitler in charge attacked their neighbor country Poland. This was the beginning of a war that was to become the most comprehensive war in the history, so far, the World War II. During the next 6 years, concentration camps were built, houses and cities destroyed, and millions of people killed, most of them Jews. Before the War finally ended in 1945 Germany occupied on last country. On march 19 1944, they occupied Hungary, and in May 1944 they deported all the Jews to Aushwitz-Birkenau.
We need to take what we have learned from World War II and apply it to our current situation. There are 4.3 million Syrian refugees and 6.6 million Syrians that are displaced within Syria. This is the greatest amount of refugees the world has seen since World War II. Alexander Betts, Director of Oxford’s refugee center, said “nations have locked down their borders, crammed refugees into transit camps, and said they won't take in Muslims, creating alarming echoes of the past for WWII historians and Holocaust
Refugees have two basic choices. They can return to their home country, or they can try to settle in another country. Most refugees, however, cannot return home because conditions in their native country have not changed sufficiently to eliminate the problems from whi...
The Palestinian refugee issue has its origins in the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 and the eruption of the Arab-Israeli war that accompanied this. During this period, some three-quarters of a million Palestinians left their homes within what was to become the state of Israel to seek refuge in the (Jordanian controlled) West Bank, the (Egyptian-controlled) Gaza Strip, Syria, Lebanon and further afield. When Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza in June 1967, a further 300,000 fled these areas for neighboring countries. (Brynan, 1998, p. )
...tries receiving the stream of refugees. The crisis is generating an avalanche of issues in all countries providing safety to refugees and still receiving more every day. Not only is the inundation of Syrian Refugees to countries such as Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey taking a ruinous toll on the countries’ economies, but it is also causing a range of issues due to overcrowding such as lack of resources and shelter; and the spread of diseases among refugees and their hosts; the refugee crisis is also creating social tensions between refugees and those who are natural citizens of the refugees’ host countries. As the surge of refugees continues reach Syria’s neighboring countries, it is creating many challenges for refugee-aiding countries as they struggle to bear the weight of so many refugees at the same time that they strive to support their own nations’ citizens.
Refugee is an important term and concept existing in international studies. In order to understand the problems confronting refugees, we must first know the definition and the concept of refugee.
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Another casual night: the air is sticky, and the water is scarce, all throughout the country, the sound of gunshots ringing through the air. For most people, this “casual” night is beyond their wildest imagination, but for Syrians, it is an ongoing nightmare. Faced with the trauma of a civil war, Syrian refugees seek protection and a more promising future than the life they currently live in their oppressive country. Many seek refuge in other Middle East countries like Turkey and Jordan, but others search for hope in the icon of freedom, the United States of America. However, in America, there is an ongoing debate about whether or not Syrian refugees should be accepted.
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A family, living in a war-torn country, is uprooted from their home and community due to a variety of reasons such as political unrest, famine, and threat danger. This family flees their country in order to seek safety in a neighboring, more stable country. These people are considered refugees. Refugees are not travelers or immigrants because they are displaced due to some devastating reason, whether that is war or persecution. Other countries extend money, resources, and even their land to help resettle refugees out of political and humanitarian obligation. The United States is historically notorious for wanting to remain isolated during certain global events such as each world war. However, the United States began to create and build on refugee