Refugees who are students and challenges they face

Erika

The article resistance to deportation talks about the growing concerns of refugees who chose to come Canada and the barriers they face in society.  Refugees are facing issues of racism, prejudices and stereotypes within the Canadian society.  Patience Umerewenza discusses how she left her home country because her life was in danger. Patience explains because she was fleeing and was not thinking about access to free health care in Canada. Syed Moazsam finds it sad that our own government is not supporting refugees and does acknowledge the amount of sacrifices the refugees have made to come to Canada. (Elliot n.d.)There are refugees who still lived in refugees’ camp which consists of living in tents, unhygienic, and are only given the basic survival needs.  I feel as Canadians we should not judge refugees, just as we should not judge holocaust survivals. I feel our Canadian government and Canadians should be supported towards refugees who have lost some much because of tragedy.

                There is a program called WUSC which stands for World University Service of Canada. This organization sponsor students who are refugees to come to Canada and to gain a permit residence. I’m a part of this organization, and I have learned at the conference at Ottawa about the different cultures and how human dignity is not being fulfilled. A twelve year boy was sold into slavery and was chained in the loom at the carpet factory (Craig and Kielburger, Marc). We have acknowledged the injustice actions happening in our world even if it’s not happening in our own country.

 Students who are refugees have been threatened with deportation for gaining employment. We are subjecting students to a life of poverty and financial debut, by not allowing them to find employment in our communities. We believe in the stereotype that by allowing refugees finding jobs, it will prevent the Canadians from finding jobs in their community. Canadians need to understand that Canada has a low birth rate and we need immigrants to fill in the generation gap and the infertility rates among women. Students who are refugees are at risked for exposing their privacy needs without issuing a warrant. If a student declined access to their privacy to authorities they are at risk for suspension of their study permit. I feel students who are refugees should be treated the same as international students and Canadian students. Authorities do not threaten Canadian students about sending them back to their home town and so why is it okay for authorities to threaten refugees sending them back to their native land?

Students who are refugees are facing cutbacks by the community. The citizen and Immigration Canada had announced that would stop paying for student refugees in their first year of study. The $0.59 cent campaign is the amount that every Canadian would have to pay in order to support health care for students who are refugees. Compare this to the cost of billions of dollars that is spent on candy, junk food and television. Canadian are working together to stop this bill from being passed by the parliament,  (Refugee Health-Care Benefit Cuts: Winnipeg Student Launch Campagin against prime minister n.d.)

                                                       

 

Elliot, Patricia W. "Resistance to Deportation Growing: Teach-in held at University of Regina." The media Co-op: Local independent news .

keilburger, Craig and Marc. "Can a horrific act inspire a new generation to act." The Vancouver Sun, October 2012.

"Refugee Health-Care Benefit Cuts: Winnipeg Student Launch Campagin against prime minister." The Canadian Press .