Refugee And Homelessness: Survival Tactic

Refugees/Homelessness Name Institution Date Refugee and homelessness Being a refugee is one of the dreadful experiences someone can undergo .Refugees are forced out of their own countries to live in unsafe situations in other countries as they seek for safe havens. Out of experience, I have seen many refugees suffering once they leave their homeland. These refugees become homeless and are forced to survive on their own. Several literatures highlight refugee plight, one of the outstanding pieces of literature by Art Spiegelman, the Maus wrote in the 1980s describe refugees as survivors of war. In the last decade, the numbers of people displaced and are in a refuge like the situation have significantly increased. Several continents across the globe have experienced many civil wars and conflicts caused by different ideologies, leading to a large population movement. Many people are becoming homeless, with most of them being asylum seekers and internally displaced people who are forced out of their homeland due to the ongoing political conflicts. Refugees are forced to devise various tactics in order to survive. Their survival tactic and the long endurance in a foreign land makes them not only survivors, but heroes. Refugees are heroes as described by Spiegelman's story "The Maus", who narrates his fathers’ experience as a Polish Jew refugee who witnessed and survived the Holocaust. Maus is a captivating narrative showing the horrific experiences most refugees undergo. It is true that refugees suffer as they are left homeless once they flee their homeland. Refugees suffer because of the political and economic instability caused by years of civil wars, oppression and dictatorship in their countries that makes life unbearable. The economic situation greatly affects refugee’s living conditions because of the instability caused by wars. As I have read in several literatures, political instability is the main causes of fear that forces refugees to flee. Many refugees lose not only their livelihood, but also lose their family members. War and conflicts alters refugee’s lives, war events separates refugees from their loved ones; they are imprisoned or killed by the authorities. In one of the recent interviews I watched on television, the war in Afghanistan is one of the many examples of the effects of wars that have continued to generate an enormous number of refugees. As narrated by one of the political experts during the television interview, one expert noted that the Afghan war has produced more than six million refugees. Although refugees escape from their countries fleeing the wars, they are equally exposed to danger and violence. The numbers of people displaced and are in a refuge like the situation has significantly increased, these people constantly suffer in the hands of the government and also in the host countries and they are forced to devise various tactics in order to survive. I recall one refugee narrating his experience during the interview. described how he escaped the civil war in Somalia and was forced to walk for several months to the nearest refugee camp in Kenya. After the interview, I learnt that refugees experience ...