10 tara horn: how to be a refugee: several not-so-easy steps from oppression to resettlement
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More than 30 million people are living in exile worldwide. Maybe 30,000 people make it to the US in any given year through the refugee resettlement program. How do people go from living their lives to living in exile to resettlement in a foreign country?Using Burma as an example, this presentation will focus on the steps a person would go through to flee their home, apply for asylum with the UNHCR in a second country like Malaysia, and eventually, be resettled in a third country like the US.TRANSCRIPT
How to be a RefugeeHow to be a RefugeeSeveral not so easy steps from oppression to Several not so easy steps from oppression to
resettlementresettlement
Tara HornTara Horn
Step One:Step One:OppressionOppression
BurmaBurma
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DisobedienceDisobedience
Step Two: Step Two: FleeFlee
Goodbye, MomGoodbye, Mom
Goodbye, FriendsGoodbye, Friends
((Goodbye, LifeGoodbye, Life))
Rangoon
Bangkok
Kuala Lumpur
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Step Three:Step Three:AsylumAsylum
Please take a number.Please take a number.
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Step Four:Step Four:WaitWait
Step Four:Step Four:WaitWait
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Step Five:Step Five:Asylum*Asylum*
*See Step Three*See Step Three
We're not sure yet. Can you come We're not sure yet. Can you come back for another interview?back for another interview?
Step Six:Step Six:ResettlementResettlement
Still a RefugeeStill a RefugeeNo TuberculosisNo TuberculosisNot a TerroristNot a TerroristFilled out sub-form D-15Filled out sub-form D-15
Goodbye, LoveGoodbye, Love
Goodbye, FriendsGoodbye, Friends
((Hello, LifeHello, Life))
Welcome to America
Tara HornTara Horn
[email protected]@burmacollective.orgwww.burmacollective.orgwww.burmacollective.org
70,000 70,000 Refugees Refugees Resettled Resettled Every YearEvery Year
15,000,000 15,000,000 Refugees Refugees GloballyGlobally