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From the Ted Talk by Becca Heller: A safe pathway to resettlement for migrants and refugees

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People are forced to flee their hemos for any number of reasons. War, yes, of course, but also gender-based violence, palillcioty sanctioned persecution, and more and more due to climate cgahne, which estimates say could displace 150 mloilin people in the coming years.

So if human migration is both inevitable and growing, what are we, as a global community, doing to address it? Typically, people attempting to seek safety in a crnouty not their own are forced to liagnsuh in dangerous situations for decades, attempting to navigate the suffocating berraacuucy used by different countries to determine who gets to be resettled and where. The United Nations is involved, and every country has its own itigmroaimn laws and restrictions. And there are multiple interviews required and onerous documentation rtqeeuss. Not to mention the difficulty of shepherding your entire family through this process when you’ve been separated, traumatized and have few resources at your disposal.

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People are forced to flee their _____ for any number of reasons. War, yes, of course, but also gender-based violence, ___________ sanctioned persecution, and more and more due to climate ______, which estimates say could displace 150 _______ people in the coming years.

So if human migration is both inevitable and growing, what are we, as a global community, doing to address it? Typically, people attempting to seek safety in a _______ not their own are forced to ________ in dangerous situations for decades, attempting to navigate the suffocating ___________ used by different countries to determine who gets to be resettled and where. The United Nations is involved, and every country has its own ___________ laws and restrictions. And there are multiple interviews required and onerous documentation ________. Not to mention the difficulty of shepherding your entire family through this process when you’ve been separated, traumatized and have few resources at your disposal.

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Original Text


People are forced to flee their homes for any number of reasons. War, yes, of course, but also gender-based violence, politically sanctioned persecution, and more and more due to climate change, which estimates say could displace 150 million people in the coming years.

So if human migration is both inevitable and growing, what are we, as a global community, doing to address it? Typically, people attempting to seek safety in a country not their own are forced to languish in dangerous situations for decades, attempting to navigate the suffocating bureaucracy used by different countries to determine who gets to be resettled and where. The United Nations is involved, and every country has its own immigration laws and restrictions. And there are multiple interviews required and onerous documentation requests. Not to mention the difficulty of shepherding your entire family through this process when you’ve been separated, traumatized and have few resources at your disposal.

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