Consequences And Cause Of Refu

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or separated from their families in the excitement of flight. As a consequence, a large number of refugee women find themselves as single heads of households. These women often risk ill treatment and exploitation as they assume the responsibilities of caring, alone, for their families. Their problems are exacerbated when they cannot find any legal form of work. So they turn to prostitution or other illegal activities, in order to support their families.
Refugees are also faced with the problem of what country to migrate to. America, being the number one choice of destination, intercepts thousands of refugees every year. When intercepted, these refugees are placed in a detention camp and held until they can be sent back to their country of origin. A detention camp can hold twenty to forty people at a time, but because of the growing number of refugees, these “camps” are usually over crowed and unkempt. Refugees also cost the government millions of dollars every year in labor, ...

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