More than 30 million people are living in exile worldwide. Maybe 30,000 people make it to the US in any given year through the refugee resettlement program. How do people go from living their lives to living in exile to resettlement in a foreign country? Using Burma as an example, this presentation will focus on the steps a person would go through to flee their home, apply for asylum with the UNHCR in a second country like Malaysia, and eventually, be resettled in a third country like the US.

1. How to be a Refugee
Several not so easy steps from oppression to
resettlement
Tara Horn

2. Step One:
Oppression

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Burma
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4. Disobedience

5. Step Two:
Flee

6. Goodbye, Mom
Goodbye, Friends
(Goodbye, Life)

7. Home
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Rangoon
Bangkok
Kuala Lumpur

8. Step Three:
Asylum

9. Please take a number.

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11. Step Four:
Wait

12. Step Four:
Wait

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14. Step Five:
Asylum*
*See Step Three

15. We're not sure yet. Can you come
back for another interview?

16. Step Six:
Resettlement

17. Still a Refugee
No Tuberculosis
Not a Terrorist
Filled out sub-form D-15

18. Goodbye, Love
Goodbye, Friends
(Hello, Life)

19. Welcome to America

20. 70,000
Refugees
Resettled
Every Year
15,000,000
Refugees
Globally
Tara Horn
tara@burmacollective.org
www.burmacollective.org