How To Become A Refugee Worker

Throughout time, there have always been refugees and internally displaced people. In Exodus, the Israelites becomes refugees when they escape from slavery in Egypt. Today, Syrian refugees flee the conflict in their home country and flock to countries all over the globe. For someone to become a refugee means to be in the most vulnerable state, where someone has no home nor home country and does not know where to go. Since they are forced out of their country, they must travel to find a place that will provide for them. Refugee camps are very beneficial to these groups of people but need more funding since there are millions of refugees but little funding. The refugee cause needs workers who will risk their lives and become subject to many horrifying

The workers are not exempt from the attacks that target refugees, which makes the job dangerous. Nick is even kidnapped in the movie Beyond Borders because he was helping the displaced people in Chechnya. The Lord’s Resistance Army targeted Smith’s refugee camp and put the Jesuit Refugee Service and him in danger as well. Since the workers are in so much danger, they can feel isolated because they do not want to put others in danger by getting married. Nick cannot be with Sarah because he cared about her too much to put her in danger everyday. The workers also experience a lot of trauma and heartbreak, since they witness people die in front of their eyes and other forms of suffering. Right when Smith arrives in Arua, Uganda, he sees a Sudanese man struck by lighting with charred skin. Both Nick and Smith witness so much suffering, and suffer themselves. Smith becomes sick and must be treated, and it is not only hard for him to be helpless in his bed but is also physically exhausting. Nick is brutally attacked by a Cambodian soldier. Refugee workers experience traumatic events and do not have an easy job, but is a very satisfying