Sunday 11 November 2012

4 - Population: Refugees

Pages 80-81.

Many immigrants do not leave their country by choice. War or an unstable and life-threatening POLITICAL situation forces some to leave their homes and request the PROTECTION of a foreign country. These people are considered REFUGEES.

Prezi: http://prezi.com/jogglqyxn5vc/contemporary-world-population/?kw=view-jogglqyxn5vc&rc=ref-4820354

 A boat crowded with Cuban refugees arrives in Key West, Florida, during the 1980 Mariel Boatlift.

Colombia: Humanitarian Assistance to Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

 Distribution of food in Kibati-camp, Goma, Congo. UNICEF was amongst the
first to get to Goma and start distribution. The amount of people needing aid and the
duration since they last got food made the distribution difficult. Unicef distributed high energy
 biscuits and medical supplies for the centre which had been looted by government soldiers.

Picture of children displaced by the insurgency of the Lord's Resistance
army of northern Uganda into Labuje camp near Kitgum Town.

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