How to be a RefugeeHow to be a RefugeeSeveral not so easy steps from oppression to Several not so easy steps from oppression to

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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

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70,000 70,000 Refugees Refugees Resettled Resettled Every YearEvery Year

15,000,000 15,000,000 Refugees Refugees GloballyGlobally