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.
So I am looking for a little more of a connection economically as well as culturally. Also, what future problems do you feel could result from migration and globalization?
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