Refugees

__Refugees__ 2. Refugee definition – a person who has been forced to leave their country for war, natural order, persecution etc.

4. – __ Persecuted Chinese __ //The cultural revolution was a violent movement that resulted in a social, political and economic upheaval in the 'People's Republic of China' starting in 1966 and ending in 1976.// //Cultural Revolution – was when China had a leader who made them to live in the country side and have a peasant life or else they would be shot dead.// – __Hungarian refugees following 1956__ Most of the refugees from Hungary came to New Zealand after the 1956 uprising against communism. – __Those fleeing wars in Vietnam, cambodia in the 1970's and 1980's__ People would want to go and live In New Zealand because they didn't want to be killed by the khmer Rouge because they were involved in the free market, and thousands of Cambodians got killed and were put on the big killing field which was a field that they put all the of the dead bodies. 5. – UNHCR = United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 6. – New Zealand currently accepts up to 750 refugees each year. //7.// 01/06/1876 //It is my last day and I am dreading the long boat ride to New Zealand but Ma and Pa are extremely excited. Most of my friends have died because of starvation and bad hygine but we are a wealthy family so we are able to buy food and clean ourselves. I have my little belongings packed in a small bag that I received as a gift from my best friend for my 13th birthday. I am off to bed now.// 02/06/1876 //I am on the boat at this very moment. Ma and Pa don't know how long we will be on here but I am a bit excited about moving to a whole new country and having so much more around me. The people aren't very sociable or nice so I'm not talking very much. I am really hungry so I am going to go and get some food soon. This boat is so big and about 100 people are all cramped into 1 room fit for about 60 so we can hardly move and this is what it is like for the whole of the ride. I am not looking forward to the days on here. Ugh, I just want to be in New Zealand with a click of my fingers!// 05/11/1876 //I am now in New Zealand and it is great here. The people are so friendly and helpful. The food is really different but is still really delicious. The smell and feel of all the foods, trees and plants is so different but in a good way. I can't say how much difference there is between England and New Zealand, almost everything they have in common is different! Well I am off to do some more exploring.// 8.

9. “There are already too many immigrants coming to New Zealand. We shouldn't ruin our chances of getting a job or ruin our culture just because these people have trouble in their own countries. I think it is wrong of our Government to take in so many refugees each year. Most of them can't even speak English.” James Milton, Otago Daily Times 7.3.10

“ //James I agree with you. New Zealand needs to cut back on the refugees who are being let into the country. I think we should still let some in but not as many as we are now. Even though the refugees aren't doing much to us now we will find that in a few years time our country will be over populated. New Zealand is a very small country so we want to keep our population under control so the future isn't a very crowded life. These refugees maybe part of some peoples family but I feel there needs to be some restrictions put in place.”//