Raising Awareness About the Plight of Refugees
by smteixeirapoit
Today, communities celebrate World Refugee Day. Worldwide, communities hope to raise awareness about the plight of refugees.
In “Refugees”, Steve Loyal explains that refugees are people who escape their country of origin because of persecution or fear of persecution. After refugees flee to neighboring countries, the United Nations High Commission on Refugees interviews them and determines whether they meet the criteria for refugees. If the High Commissioner classifies them as refugees, then they are allowed to remain in the neighboring country, usually in refugee camps. Many refugees reside in refugee camps for long periods of time.
Coinciding with World Refugee Day, Medecins Sans Frontieres releases a statement on the Rohingya people. Many Rohingyas were persecuted by Burma’s military government. Over the past twenty years, about twenty-five thousand Rohingyas escaped Burma and settled in a makeshift refugee camp in Bangladesh. Since this makeshift refugee camp is not officially recognized by the High Commissioner, Bangladesh’s government does not welcome the refugees and encourages them to return to Burma. Medecins Sans Frontieres criticizes the forcible displacement of the Rohingyas, who are an extremely vulnerable group.
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“Refugees” By Steve Loyal
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What an important step taken by Medicins Sans Frontieres to point out the cracks in refugee policies. People meeting Loyal’s definition of a refugee must exit beyond the boundaries of UN camps. Great work pointing out holes in policies and actions against the flawed policies.
Keri
Thnx a lot ur information helps a lot
Peace!
thanks for the info and i also think that people can raise awareness by spending one hour with them in the refugee day and they should accpt them for who they are
PALESA YOU SHOULD NOT ONLY SPEND ONE HOUR WITH THEM OR ONLY SPEND YOUR TIME WITH THEM AT WORLD REFUGEE DAY. YOU SHOULD SHOW THEM THAT YOU REALLY CARE FOR THEM AND SPEND YOUR TIME WITH THEM EVERYDAY COZ THATS WHAT I DO TO KEEP THEM SMILING
wow…am glad there are ppl who cares about refugee day i thought myb it wz only me…thnx 2u steve 4de info..
This very important even though people are not taking it serious…i think its high time where everyone should know about this day….
Refugees are. Also human as we are so we need to make sure that they are really cherished• Humiliating them won’t profit us so u need to think out of the box• Ask urself that“what if u were a refugee but not accepted”
wow! atleast there are people out there who cares alot about refugees
I think what is done to refugees is totally unfair because like if we think back to the old times, our past leaders were also refugees so just because South Africa no longer has war-it doesn’t mean we should ignore other people who have come to our country so as to protect themselves. So let us treat them fairly and respect them. As the bible says that we must treat other people as we would like to be treated. Look at it like this what if war strikes here in our country????
I THINK THAT IT IS REALLY GOOD AND VERY HUMANE TO HELP REFUGEES FROM OTHER PARTS OF COUNTRIES BECAUSE WHO KNOWS IT MIGHT JUST STRIKE SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY FOR THAT MATTER SO I REALLY THINK IT IS IMPARATIVE WE HELP ONE ANOTHER AS GOD,S CHILDREN AS A PEOPLE
Don’t judge refugees just to make yourself feel Beyer,let’s all love each other
Refugees are also human therefore they should also be treated as human we must not be impressed to judge or humiliate them because you won’t like it when its done to you so let’s love each other and care for each other because we are all one God’s image
All refugees are suppossed to be treated just like other human ..because you can’t just judge them without knowing the reason that made them move from there aare country
people that leave at refugees camp must treated equaly becouse they are human not animals
Thank you this is totally nice caring for other…..refugees shuld be treated with respect they are people too…hey:-):-):-):-)
thank uu .thank uu thank uu…for you`re information.hope that we continue to protect refugees and have a pure soul.
as an south africa i repect the refugees because even our parent and grantparent where refugees running away from the white and becoming refuges in other counties and i hope other people notcies that god help us stop xenophbia
iam glade that the are people who still care about other people by de way thnks with the information
I WAS SO HAPPY READING THE COMMENTS BECAUSE I REALLY LOVE SPENDING TIME WITH THE REFUGEES. I ATTEND THE SAME SCHOOL WITH THEM AND ITS REALLY AWESOME COZ I DONT TREAT THEM BAD I RESPECT THEM AND THEY RESPECT ME TOO AND REFUGEES ARE SO CLEVER WHEN COMING TO SCHOOL WORK.I LOVE THEM SO MUCH IF MY MOM WOULD ALLOW ME ONE DAY JUST TO MARRY A REFUGGE I WOULD BE SO HAPPY.
XOXO
we need to Treat refugees like humans they also have rights and wish should jst obey and respect theirs rights not to be proud of humiliating and destroying them coz we also dont know our roots the person you beat,hurting and humiliating might be you relative.
we are the healing rains giving epic kisses to our dry earth to ease the harmattan.as we bid farewell to the harsh harmattan we forever marvel its mesmerising haze. we are the memories of our epic pain and the elegance of rising above it………we are one nation dnt be fooled by imaginary lines dat u see on the map
#we are africans
Am happy ppl care abt other ppl, we are the same its just the colour of our skins n laugage
I like spending my quality time with other people especially those who are different from me and i feel so good when i help some other peo0le
I FELT SO GOOD WHEN I READ THESE COMMENTS AND THOUGHT THAT SOME OTHER POEPLE DO CARE ABOUT OTHERS ITS NOT BECAUSE OF THEIR COLOUR OF THEIR SKIN OR NEITHER THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY SPEAK I SAY “BIG UP” PEEPS
I think most of the people in south africa are the mist stupendous people on the planet earth because they knw tht electricity comes from Zimbabwe but yet thy are burning thm
Guyz lets love and welllcome refugees in our country for sure they are the same people like us so we need to trreat them in a good way tanx for those people and programs that are help thanks guyz keep it up.
Guyz thats the great job u are doing and keep it up we all have to take an action in helping refugees together we can move south africa forward
I REALLY APPRECIATE UR INFO THNX
Tnx for ur info..nd i just want to say lets focus on whats coming the next
Wow what a unity thank you so much guyz i love your comments because you have a sense of Humanity.Let us open our hands for refugees because they are just like us nothing different.Nomatter who you are or where you come from that mustn’t change our attitude LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER jst like how God love us #unity is the power karen
I think what we should know that without this refugees, we as people will suffer a lot especially the poor people bcoz this people sell cheap things which makes life better to live and survive…I love them a lot bcoz they are friendly and kind!!!!
I think we should consider the fact that this people are very important especially to poor people bcoz they make life easy and survivable by selling cheap goods…for purpose they are vital for the survival of many pole.I Rilly like them!!!!!!!!
woooow peeps am so proud of u..keel it up and always there for refugees…bcos we a all the image of god…humiliating or neither hurting then won’t profite us….#big up to that…..
Thnks for ur info ppl . U have helped me so much about refugees
Tnkx 4 info u really helped me through my research .and i learned more abwt refugees .peace!!!
Refugee day is abwt 2make ppl feel comfortable . Some refugees leave their homez bcoz of war some are being forced and wat i hate the most is a refugee woman being sexual abused.i say live strong refugee .thnkx
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Wow tnx a lot guys your info helped me a lot and am still going to use this app a lot
it is a wonderful idea coz together we can do more and again two is better than one so lets keep on doing good ,what goes around comes around #together in love we can make it
am a young man to understand the refugee things, bt I absolutely love them and they are the gud influence in me , I hope god will bring more of them so that thy can teach us how to be friendly and kind to each other, may God be wth them and us
Do not underestimate others bcoz we are all da same
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i think that as human beings we must never treat others like animals u will never know what caused them to leave as u can c they r now out of their home country. i dont understand why people can do such things to others
I don’t understand why all nobody sees these basic human rights as things that should go without saying. Everyone in this world should respect one another no matter ho they are or where they come from. Why is our world so twisted these days?