If refugees cannot return to their beloved homes, they are forced to resettle in a new country (Gevert). This resettling process includes struggles of all types, but one of the greatest hardships of resettling refugees worldwide is making friends. For example, in the book Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai, Ha’s home country was taken over by a communistic government, so it was unrealistic for her to even dream of returning home. In her new school, in America, Ha was teased for the way she looked which made her journey of making friends even harder; all of her classmates had ignored her. Ha, then, didn’t have any idea on how to begin the process of making friends, so she had to rely on her family. Making friendships is a struggle for all …show more content…
This often makes them feel like their lives have been turned inside out. First of all, in the article Children of War, Emir, a refugee, says, “Sometimes I wish I’d have stayed there, watching the war, rather than be here, but without friends” (Brice). Emir longed to have friends, but didn’t know where to start. Ha had a similar situation where she was confused which she described as: “He pokes my cheek. Howls from everyone. He pokes my chest. I see nothing but squeezed eyes, twisted mouths. No, they’re not curious” (Lai 146). Since Ha was teased in front of her whole class, she will have an even harder time finding friends. Another perplexing situation of Ha’s was when one of her classmates began threatening her because she was smarter than him. She later explained the situation by stating, “Pink Boy has gotten his 6th grade cousin to agree to beat me up” (Lai 221). Ha has apparently made an enemy, yet she doesn’t know how to make amends. Refugees are often rejected by peers just because of who they are and what they look like, and have to find ways to cope with …show more content…
Former refugee, and current Refugee Transitions worker, Til Gurung described his wife’s situation by saying, “Now she has more confidence and language skills to help herself and her family” (Gurung). This shows that refugee families always want to share new information and ways to help each other acclimate faster and make friends. This directly compares to the time in Inside Out & Back Again when Mother helped Ha get a present for her new friend, and Ha said, “Perfect for Pem! Mother always thinks of everything!” (Lai 246). Ha received a Christmas present from her new friend, but felt uncomfortable when she had nothing to give in return. Mother, however, remembered of an item that would make a thoughtful gift for Ha’s friend. Another upturn in Ha’s back again process was right before she was about to get pulverized by Pink Boy, she got saved by her brother. Later, she described what she she saw as, “ A gigantic motorcycle. A rider in all black stops. VU LEE!” (Lai 227). Ha probably felt relieved when she saw her brother on the motorcycle, and empowered knowing that her family has her back. In conclusion, refugees, who have the support of their families can overcome struggles in their new school such as making
Refugees share similar experiences and emotions when they move to a new country. The book Inside Out and Back Again splits these feelings into two categories, “inside out” and “back again”. Refugees from around the world experience these feelings. For instance, it is easy for a refugee to feel “inside out” when learning a new language, or they can feel “back again” when they find a familiar object that reminds them of their past. Many refugees mainly struggle with learning a new language, but to make them feel more comfortable, they can find satisfaction in items from their home land.
For millions of evacuees around the world, finding support from their communities can be a significant obstacle while trying to rebuild their new lives (Fantino & Colak). For the main character, Há, in Thanhha Lai’s novel, Inside Out and Back Again, not being accepted by her peers causes difficulty during her adjustment to American life. She is constantly bullied and excluded at school, which results in her having tantrums at home (Lai 209-211). However, as soon as Há begins to make friends and gain support from her neighbor, Mrs. Washington, she starts to feel like she is “Back Again” and supported by community members (Lai 253). The struggle of being accepted by peers is experienced by Há’s family and real refugees alike, until they can find
Refugees are people that flee from home because of a disastrous event that has happened in their home land to neighboring countries. In this story, “Inside Out and Back Again” by Thanhha Lai, Ha, the main character that is ten years-old, lives with her mother in Vietnam during the time of the Vietnam War in the year of 1975. Because Ha has to live without her father, not only Ha has to deals with internal issues but also she and her family has to move on with their life. Refugees deal with losing a loved one just like how Ha has to. Refugees turn “Inside out” when they lose a loved one. They can turn “back again” when they get used to their new lifestyle in the new country. Ha is an example of this because Ha lost her father, he was captured
All around the world, people are being forced to leave their homes due to war, persecution, and unequal treatment; these people are called refugees. When they flee, refugees leave behind their homes, family, friends, and personal possessions. They make risky escapes and their lives could be easily taken from them. Refugees often become distant and depressed as they experience these traumatic events. In the novel Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai, ten year-old Hà and her family live in South Vietnam: a war torn country. Hà was like any ten year-old; she liked to stay close to her mother and got jealous when things didn’t go her way. She loves her home and wanted to stay, even when the war between the North and South got closer to home.
We Are Being Swamped: Less than 16,000 (15,800) people claim asylum in Australia each year. While this may seem like a lot, Australia receives less than two percent of the total asylum claims made globally.
“Successful adaptation can bring with it the opportunity for growth” (Marie, Colak). Like all refugees Ha’s adaptation to Alabama was difficult, so this lead to frustration and slower growth. Losing precious things and what you keep from your previous home determines your adaptation. Accepting what you loss and cherishing what you kept from your old home helps you move on and persevere. Losing things aren’t bad, cherishing what you still have and to move on helps you stabilize. Refugees lose things that are important to them, although always have things that are special that they cherish to move on, just like Ha in Thanhha Lai’s Inside Out and Back Again.
“If the protecting of our borders requires the incarceration of babies, the sexual abuse of children, the rape of women and the murder of men, then we are of all nations the most depraved.” This emotive statement from a man of the church, Father Rod Bower, touches a nerve with many of Australians. It is an acid test on our national consciousness. The shock of disturbed beliefs pushes us to reassess the foundation of our values.
Most people want to feel like they fit in, but for refugees and immigrants, that feeling was even more important. “Young refugees and immigrants... were caught between the world of their parents and the new world of their friends and schoolmates” (105) and had to choose whether they would vie for the approval of their peers or their family. One young boy on the Fugees soccer team refused to cut his hair because his peers thought it was cool, and ended up being kicked off the team (111). Other young refugees in Clarkston gave in to the allure of gangs, and ended up in a cycle of violence and crime, just for a sense of belonging and safety. “Gangs… promised both belonging and status”(105) and provided a way to become American, despite all the trouble and anguish they put their members in. As adolescents between worlds, young immigrants experience a heightened sense of liminality, when a person “becomes neither here nor there” (221), and struggle with finding out who they are and where they
The conditions of Australia’s immigration detention policies have also been cause for concern for probable contraventions of Articles 7 and 10 of the ICCPR. Whilst in Sweden, asylum seekers are afforded free housing whilst their applications are being processed, Australia’s methods are much more callous. Under the Pacific Solution, maritime asylum seekers are sent to impoverished tropical islands with no monitoring by human rights organisations allowed (Hyndman and Mountz, 2008). The UNHCR criticised Australia’s offshore processing centres stating that “significant overcrowding, cramped living quarters, unhygienic conditions, little privacy and harsh tropical climate contribute to the poor conditions of… Nauru and Papua New Guinea” (Morales
I choose to enroll in the Social and Welfare law unit in order to develop a deeper and greater understanding about community legal centers as well as the services provided by them.
Can a refugee relate to other refugees just by experience ? Refugees can relate to each other by experience because refugees suffer worldwide, are marked emotionally and or physically. Refugees relate but even though their reasons for fleeing aren’t the same they both suffer throughout their journey leaving and finding home in a new country. Apart from fleeing their home refugees relocate in a foreign country they often struggle with the language barrier and sometimes even suffer from grief of leaving loved one behind. In the novel “ Inside Out and Back Again” it is about a young girl Ha whose life is turned “inside out” by the Vietnamese War. Ha and her family became refugees because they were forced to flee their home for the better. Sometimes
The life of a refugee is difficult, but in the end they come out on top as the toughest, bravest, and some of the most respectful people in the world. In case you weren’t aware, a refugee is a person who was forced to suffer through losing and fleeing their own home. Normally, they also suffer losses such as friends and family as well as a lot of belongings. Times a person may become a refugee is when a war breaks out in their country or if their government begins ethnic cleansing. They struggle a lot in their journey to find home, and they deserve happiness and comfort in a new country as much as anyone else if not more due to their physical and emotional strength to pull through the hard times that they are presented with. In the novel, “Inside
U.S. immigration law is very complex, and there is much uncertainty as to how it works. The Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA), the body of law governing current immigration policy, provides for an annual worldwide limit of 675,000 permanent immigrants, with certain exceptions for close family members ("How the United States Immigration System Works: A Fact Sheet"). Around the world there are so many immigrants/refugees who are in the hunt for a fitter life. Some come from places where civil war occurs or some suffer economically trying to support their family. Knowing the fact that they are desperate to seek for a better life, the best option is to migrate to the U.S, the land of opportunities. The problem lies in the migration to the U.S. What are the quotas for new immigrants arriving to the U.S? What are the eligibility requirements to becoming a permanent citizen in the U.S? With much inquiry, this topic has become very intriguing. What people must understand is that
Once refugees resettle in their new country, they will most likely have to deal with the problem of homesickness. First of all, in the article, Children of War, by Arthur Brice, a refugee teen says, “...I wish I’d stayed there, watching the war, rather than being here, safe, but without friends.”(Brice) This shows that refugee children want to be back with their friends, even if it would mean living in a war-torn
If we examine then we will find that our law whether it be international or national are well drafted. It covers all possible type of protection. But on the stage of its implementation there is great failure on part of administer.