User talk:Grace Ernestine

Refugees around the world

What is a refugee? It is someone who has come to another country because they can no longer stay in their own country. Refugees leave their country because they are trying to escape wars, famine, natural disasters and sickness. They come on boats and planes. Most people think that refugees come on boats but in fact that is wrong. Most refugees come on planes. They come on a plane and pretend they are having a hoilday. Or they apply to be a student and later they might try to become a citizen.

The people who come on boats are usually people who are desperate. The boats refugees come in, can sometimes sink. They may pay people smugglers a lot of money to escape from something terrible. Some people believe that we shouldn't let in the boats but I think we should. The reason most refugees do come illegally is because they can't get visas and passports and there is no queue. Now all detention centers are not allowed to have children or their families. It is good because children can be damaged in their life if they are behind bars.

One time a refugee boat was close to an Australia border boat. The refugee boat was sinking and the Australian boat didn't help them they let them sink. Hundreds of women, childern and men died. This was a disgrace. How could they let that happen?

In the 50's Italian and Greek people came after the second world war. And in the 70's the Vietanese people came after Vietnamese war. James Cook was the first white man to come to Austrlia. This is why Austrlia is a refugee country.