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Voices from Oblivion

A refugee said that 16 years he had dreamt of being a lawyer/engineer but was never accepted. Now, the refugee's simple hope is invested in the future generation.

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Voices from Oblivion

Robbed and killed the Vietnamese who were working. No one would protect the refugees.

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Gabriel Family Zine

Being adopted by strangers and loss of connection of identity.

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Burden of Gratitude

1. Language barriers
2. Climate (being too cold)
3. Homesickness (food / identity)

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Burden of Gratitude

Stories of women being raped and violated along the journey out of home.

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ALL of the pressing issues relate to trauma because these are memories that bring refugees with many emotions (especially in the documentary on Voices from Oblivion, many refugees were crying in the interview).

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Others Float as Others Fly

Many refugees had to travel by boats in order to smuggle to another country without being caught.

Refugees had to face:
1. Treacherous oceans
2. Storms
3. Not being caught as a refugee trying to travel to America
4. Seasickness
5. Risk of having the boat to drown

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Burden of Gratitude

Refugees faced a difficult journey in which they had to:
1. Crawl like soldiers in order to not be caught
2. Swim across rivers
3. Sleeping in the trunk

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Voices from Oblivion

1. The refugee camp in Philippines was closed – bringing disappointment and uncertainty "What to do?"
2. No rights even when fleeting to a democratic country. Refugees are considered illegal.

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Water Closet

Displacement from family led to solitary and loneliness.

However, the essay expresses hope that even if the family is separated by water, they are emotionally connected.

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Suitcase Poem

This poem expressed the despair of being separated by mother – that only the memory of the family is seen from a photo.

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Others Float as Others Fly

Refugees experienced:
1. Jobs such as being a fruit picker – backbreaking & discouraging
2. Lots of labor and little pay