“Transnational
organised crime which threatens to damage our societies and our economies” (Morrison, J 2003).
Australia received approximately 10900 asylum applications
which take 1.04 per cent of the entire world in 2010(Ross, M, ).
Why Australia is a country with so many
refugees and immigrations?
“I never
heard Australia before, I come here with smuggling people for survive.” This is
the answer from an Afghanistan refugee who named Najaf. He feels lucky that he
can stay in Australia because Taliban as a famous terrorist group in
Afghanistan. He does not realized the really lucky thing is smuggling of human
beings as key element of crime did not stop he become an Australian.
Najaf write
his story and his story be published as a novel book now. He is interviewed by
lots of media department in Australia; cooperate with famous writer. Even Hollywood
ever shoots him for documentary film. Najaf become a hero in a short moment
under magnesium light. His book is
read by lots of students as a kind of text book now. In his book, he talked a
lot Afghanistan cultural. The traditional Afghanistan food, dance, tales and
music, all of them become very attractive by his description.
Najaf`s experience
makes me thought the terrorism attack in 2001 in New York. America is always the biggest winner in
global. However, why the US try to slow down in global now? Sometimes, cultural
attack is much more horrible than physical attack, unless physical attack is visible.
I am not
doubt the reason Najaf coming to Australia, but I am thinking about what effect
of people moving by cross boundaries, even what is global bring to us? Najaf
said, he is Afghanistan but he eats Chinese food with me, he accepts women going
without Burka. And at same time, he organizes traditional Afghanistan night every
year in Melbourne and teach girls traditional Afghanistan dance.
In the beginning of your blog, the data of Australia refuge applications is easy to attract reader's interest, your blog mainly through an Afghanistan refugee's experiences to show the relationship between culture and refugee. His experience was very interesting. It is a good example. His book as cultural transmission and communication tools between different regions. I quite agree with your view, “cultural attack is much more horrible than physical attack”, cultural invasion is invisible, it likes poison, slowly eroding people's thinking, it would not easily be perceived. The blog brings us a lot of thinking.
回复删除Hey Xue,
回复删除Your blog emotionally captured the issue at hand. You have written a post that enables the reader to sympathise with your story. It’s a great way to get the message across without just simply giving the reader material straight from a text book or journal article. Although I say this your post would benefit from more relevant researched information such as statistics that relate to your own personal stories that way enlightening a more powerful voice. Your style of writing is safe and appropriate. Some sentences are a little hard to read but your basic point has been put across to the reader which is the main thing! Good Work.
Good work! By telling a personal story about an individual's troublesome journey to Australia, it really engages the reader in an emotional way, whilst still connecting culture and globalisation. The line you draw between the experiences of Najaf and the terrorist attacks on America is interesting and leaves the reader contemplating the link. You also provide an excellent range of sources, from the beginning of your blog grabbing the attention of readers by quoting the vast number of asylum applications. This was a thought-provoking choice of blog topic, and i enjoyed reading it.
回复删除I agree with you that there are so many asylum applications who are very lucky one between their country people. Because of these people and some immigrations that make Australia become different between some traditional countries and make the Australia specific.
回复删除I think u can provide more your opinion about the australia
You have a very interesting blog post here. You bring up some good points and with an engaging story it is easy to keep reading. My only concern would be how relevant it is to the topic and how it has been linked back to the subject matter for this week. All in all it is a solid piece of writing.
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