Friday, February 1, 2008

Well Founded Fear

Today’s video was about how many people want to get their citizenship in America because they fear for their lives in their own country. This video showed a man who was in a jail in Albania or something like that I don’t really remember. But the point is he was in the jail and they did not have any food and any place to do their necessities. The man said that he would have to drink water form the toilet. I think that it was pretty bad. He also said that they would not feed him. He also had many injuries. He did not tell one of the ladies that he had drank water from the toilet because he was embarrassed. He felt ashamed and well it is not an easy thing to talk about. There was also this one man that was beaten just because he was Jewish. He feared for his life because it is very dangerous. There was also this one lady that one man took her husbands wife and tortured her and finally killed her. She then feared for her life but they did not give her asylum because they felt like the situation was too long ago and if she goes back they won’t do anything to her. Many other people also were politically involved in organizations. There are many reasons why people want asylum. I think that it is a though decision to make and I would not like to be in that position. Because in the end who are they to decide if their story is tragic enough for them to get asylum.

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