In Order to Survive

July 6, 2008 (journal/item/204)

It was scary listening to my refugee friends talk about how they had risked their lives fleeing from the killing fields in their hometown.

It is always sad whenever I think of what I have seen in various refugee camps along the border in my country.

My heart sank seeing freedom-seeking people being restricted in huge slum-like places that were called refugee camps or temporary shelter area or whatever, despite the fact that these people were a lot luckier than their country folks who were still trapped in various war zones.

Below are a few articles I have found about the refugees who fled to my country.

•   From the east:   the Hmong People from Laos.

•   From the west:   different tribes from Myanmar.

•   From the far north:   the Koreans from North Korea.

•   What the people in the UK said:

•   What Geoff Read in the UK prepared for a school talk on this topic:

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