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 * __Making a Difference: Refugees Group 1:__ **
 * John Halabi
 * Henanita Fatu
 * Nardeen Faraj

02/12/09 __Period 1 + 2__ Hena and Nardeen went to Pod and they get informations how to use it. That can help them with making their project. John was upsent. __Period 3+4__ Nardeen went to the movie maker lesson and she learnt how to use the program to make it useful with their project.

__** Roles:Focus Questions: **__
 * where did the refugees come from?
 * Why do they leave their countries?
 * Where do they go?
 * How are refugees treated by host countries?
 * Why are refugees unwelcome?
 * Who counts as a refugee?

= = 1. Most Refugees in Australia come from Africa, The Middle East, and South- West Asia. Some examples are; from other troubled countries such as Burma, Somalia, Sudan, Afghanistan and Iraq. 2. Refugees leave their country for a number of reasons which include; ** __ The reason of leaving the country __ Developing countries have problems with giving the people a good standard of living because these countries are poor. Why they do not have money: there is no natural wealth. -  __ War __can take their money leaving the country and then going to a developed country. - Looking for better life.
 * __Answers to Focus Questions:__
 * Armed conflict
 * Have been a by- product or side effect of war
 * Feld in fear of violence
 * They have lost all their possessions in the fights
 * Displacement
 * Persecution

== 3. The major receiving countries that refugees got to include; Iran, Pakistan which host Afghan refugees. The Western countries which host the most refugees are Germany and the United States. == == 4. Refugees are treated well in their host countries. Refugees also have Civil and Economic rights. Local intergration : involves granting refugees a permanent right to stay in the host country. == == 5. In addition, in some countries such as the UK, refugees and asylum seekers are unwelcomed because they have introduced detention centres for Asylum seekers. Several Governments have introduced legislation allowing them to exclude asylum seekers because they were posed as security threats. == == 6. A refugee is a displaced person. There is a difference between a migrant and a refugee. The difference is that a migrant is someone who chooses to go to another country, where as a refugee is forced to leave their own country, their home and flee to another country mostly due to war, conflict and violence. Refugees are recognised under the 1951 Refugee Convention/ 1967 Protocol or the 1969 OAU Convention. ==

[[image:darfur_refugee_camp_in_chad.jpg caption="Refugee Camp in Dafur"]]




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[] The houses made by tree's leaves ... how fair !! They dont have school ..as we have !!

[] Many are homeless. refugee's school [] Will they have the same future ? many children in same class ... board in the tree

__ 3rd- Dec-09: __ Nardeen collects more pictures about refugees and she starts working with the movie maker. John Halabi did nothing about the project Henanita was sick and she went home.

( Posted by Henanita)

Sorry I wasn't here to help but I'm feeling better now and ready to do some hard work!! :) Just wanted to say thanks to Nardeen who worked on our page and sorry again for leaving her by herself!! thanks. xx mwahh

__ Asylum Seekers __ An Asylum Seeker is a person whose application for asylum or refugee status is pending at any stage in the procedure or who is otherwise registered as an asylum seeker.

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This is another asylum boat load that was stopped by navy... The vessel, which had sailed from Indonesia had 54 Afghan asylum seekers on board.

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__ Why Do refugees Need My Help? __ Refugees need help with many of the basics of life -understanding the tax system, things like opening a bank account, applying for a drivers licence, obtaining a health cover, practising English, finding work, somewhere to live, enrolling their kids at school etc...

Refugees have likely been exposed to traumatic experiences. They need our help because they may have had to fight in wars, defend their family or may have witnessed, been involved in or thrteatened by violence.

They would have difficulty in adjusting to a new country and their policies, atmosphere, culture, and way of life.

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__ More Questions: __ What is the Commission doing to help increase the awareness and community understanding about refugees and asylum seekers? What happens to people who are not determined to be refugees but still need protection?

The images that we have collected for our moviemaker/Pod Cast were chosen carefully because we wanted to select from a wide range of images that relates to our topic. We wanted the images to capture the refugees and asylum seekers in Australia so that people viewing our presentation can be informed of what situations they are in and can learn something from our presentation!!

We have collected a lot of images and have also got to choose a song for our theme which is suitble to our topic; Refugees and Asylum Seekers. We want to portray these images in a reverence way as possible, that when being viewed and watched that each and everyone of us gets that sense of hardship being portrayed in the images and the whole presentation as well.


 * Does anyone know of a good song that we may use in our presntation? Any suggestions?

__Plan of Presentation: __