Globalization and Migration

                We recently watched a short film called “God Grew Tired of Us”. This short film was about the Lost Boys of Sudan. It told about their exodus from Sudan into Ethiopia, then from Ethiopia to Kakuma, Kenya. The Lost Boys were being persecuted by Muslim extremists. If they did not flee their home country of Sudan, they would have been captured and or killed. In Kakuma, the Lost Boys stayed there for approximately a decade. Then one day, a few thousand of their lives changed forever.

                                Globalization played a big role in the relocation of the exiled Lost Boys of Sudan. Globalization brought to American and other nation’s presence in Africa.  Without this presence, the Lost Boys of Sudan could have kept on walking on through Kenya. They also could have been captured by the Muslim extremists, or died of lack of food and water.  With the aid globalization, there was a refugee camp waiting for them in Kakuma, Kenya.

                The Lost Boys of Sudan lived in this refugee camp for many years. They lived on food and water rations. Sometimes these rations would take weeks at a time to arrive at the camp, causing the Lost Boys of Sudan to face starvation. But, if the countries that supported them with the rations would not have been trying, the Lost Boys of Sudan could have very well died. The United States government created a relocation program for a select few thousand of these young men. They took them to America and split them into groups of about four or five. After splitting them up into their groups, they sent them into cities all around the nation. For instance, some ended up in Fargo, Phoenix, and Syracuse. This random, radical relocation caused some Lost Boys of Sudan to turn into prominent, productive people. For others, it did not turn out the same. Seeing that the Lost Boys of Sudan needed help, the United States government created a relocation program for a select few thousand of these young men. They took them to America and split them into groups of about four or five. After splitting them up into their groups, they sent them into cities all around the nation. For instance, some ended up in Fargo, Phoenix, and Syracuse. This random, radical relocation caused some Lost Boys of Sudan to turn into prominent, productive people. For others, it did not turn out the same.

                The forced migration put on by the United States had some disadvantages to the Lost Boys, but also some advantages! Some disadvantages were that they would miss their fellow brothers. They also didn’t want to give up the hope that their country was going to recover from such an awful civil war. But, some advantages were that they would acquire a better living, escape the threat of being killed, and maybe find their original families. This migration may have been forced upon some of the Lost Boys but in the long run it paid off for them.

                This forced migration not only helped the Lost Boys of Sudan, but it also helped the American economy. They came and were willing to work the low-end, factory jobs that no lazy American wants. This little deed helped our economy to prosper.

 Globalization brought the countries that supported the Lost Boys of Sudan together. Without globalization, the Lost Boys of Sudan would have eventually died of starvation, or would have been killed by Muslim extremists.

                In conclusion, globalization saved the Lost Boys of Sudan. The forceful relocation of all the Lost Boys of Sudan was a good thing for them. They got a new place to live, along with a new start to life. Globalization is all over the world. It saves people like the Lost Boys of Sudan, and it also helps economies. Globalization is everywhere.