The struggles of being afraid to leave your country of origin, the pressure of fear or the harassment of someone forcing you to leave the country that you know and grew up in is all sources of how the life would be for a person who can be faced with these situations throughout life. It’s not an easy decision to just pick up everything you have and move to another country that you don’t know anything about, but sometimes theirs options and decisions that must be made in order to survive or protect yourself and your family.
In these situations, most people are forced to leave their country and if they refuse, it can be a dangerous world for that person and his family.
This reminds me of a time when a ship of Tamil migrants arrived in British Columbia. They were travelling on that ship because they were forced to leave their country. This was a situation where people didn’t have any choice because in Sri Lanka there was a massive war within their nation, which involved the Tamil Tigers at war. These Tamil migrants struggled for 90 days on a ship to arrive in the country of Canada so that they can feel safe and protected from dangerous. Sometimes people need to take a stand and fight for the safety of them although it means leaving the place that was your home.
Even though the Tamils are refugees in Canada, at least they are in a peaceful and danger free zone from wars and fears within their hearts. But these stories are not the end of forced movements and situations within the world as we know it.
It is really sad to know how people are forced out of their homes, their country. It can be a dangerous trek traveling to a new place, where there is indeed fear of not knowing what to expect. I agree that although people like the Tamil migrants left their home, they were to be much more safer in a country like Canada. And although they are refugees, they are indeed away from war zones, where here they can feel more safe and secure. It's unfortunate that people have to put up with struggles like this but if it means for a better life or more peaceful setting, than so be it;they do what they have to do.
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