What does it mean to be a refugee? - Benedetta Berti and Evelien Borgman

[@LazerFliping]

a huge hug to every person who feels bad, even if not on the subject. Be strong. I love you

[@codelerias]

Thank you. The same to you.

[@amaanthejamal]

thanks mate

[@anonymous52638]

That's enough to make a grown man cry

[@Lahkesis]

How kind, * hugs back*

[@fadyfarouk8635]

I love you too man, hope you're well!

[@isbellaanena445]

I’m a refugee from South Sudan 🇸🇸. My mum was pregnant with me and was running from the war in Sudan. I don’t know how she survived. We live in a refugee camp in Uganda 🇺🇬 (where I was born) for many years. We now live in New Zealand 🇳🇿. We’ve been here for almost 10 years and are afraid to go back home due to war, though my mum has been back for funerals.

[@readyaimfire3454]

Isbella A 💖

[@tiadominicha14]

I hope at least now you feel safe in New Zealand ❤ Life well 😄🤗

[@sloanissocoolandgreat]

>:)) I hope your safe now and continue to be :)

[@asadwahidi8894]

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[@taraopkins5338]

I am glad you are safe!

[@alexl1178]

:c Humans are cruel. I found out my great grandfather was a refugee, who fled alone from the civil war in china as a young child. They gunned down those that did not return and attempted to enter after refusing them entry. He was one of the lucky ones who successfully made it. I can't imagine what it's like to be alone, witness such horrors as a young child, and still find the strength and desire to survive, but I think that refugees have been through enough and do not need anymore suffering after their escape.

[@leonardopaulsen2116]

A couple of centuries ago it was ok to have slaves. Now it is inhumane. Now this is ok. In hopefully a few years it will inhumane too and people will look back and see the cruelty of this nation

[@sutechsdev]

Humans are good, bad politicians are bad and offcourse they aren't human

[@beombeom7662]

Not all humans are bad and not all are good most people wish for world peace but unfortunately life doesn’t work that way. Which I find frustrating in a way but also you just gotta accept it. as long as your life is safe that’s really all that matters I don’t get why people fight over power

[@JNKprops]

I once met a saying which I still believe. It goes "though not all Humans are monsters, all Monsters however are human."

[@sosososososo4148]

​@Jelly unicorn It's their problem not mine tho

[@TeamTwiistz]

5:03 Everyone seems to forget this important fact.

[@amaranthine2053]

fr

[@AyubuKK]

Twiistz for real

[@aedenthegreatyt]

I try not to...

[@sornethegreat7142]

why are you everywhere

[@prapanthebachelorette6803]

Yes, the truth well said

[@sin9186]

although i myself am not a refugee, my family are vietnamese boat people and although i know i will not know how hard my mom and her brother's lives were i appreciate how much they do for me and my sister despite their many troubles traveling here

[@sghaiermohamed2905]

This video is unbiased. Its shameful that it got many dislike.

[@avocadotoast6369]

Pictures and drawings are never unbiased

[@john_hunter_]

It was a little biased towards the end but overall it did a pretty good job of explaining what a refugee is.

[@WilliamJones-Halibut-vq1fs]

The video was promoting greater refugee intakes for western countries with a haughty fake neutral language. It's a extremely biased and completely ignores the permanent demographic destruction of western countries by low cognitive ability dissident cultures and religion. It completely ignores the problems such as Islamist inspired terror. So I don't like refugees because they are all ultimately destructive. There is no such thing as integration only displacement of Europeans. I want non, zero. If you think I'm harsh just remember a young European taking his girl friend to Brussels railway station may see her face ripped of by a nail bomb planted by an immigrant or son of an immigrant. No thank you. I can't go into a European capital city that looks more like Africa than Europe. Even the Japanese tourists complain of it.

[@sghaiermohamed2905]

I don't have a solid opinion about refugees. But I thought this video was about the terminology of that word until I rewatched the ending... Still a good explanation tho.

[@_vall]

in my country Bulgaria we think that refugeses are imigrants that are lying because theyre coming with smart phones but in my oppinion theyre experienced workers who can help and if you went to a trip somewhere would you leave your phone behind ffs?

[@vannam2587]

This video touches me deeply. My boyfriend is at refugee from Vietnam. He tells me stories of his earliest memories of his family leaving his birthplace in Veitnam and being transported to America. When he camr to the states he was suffering malnutrition (which effects his body today), changing his name and being disconnected from his culture and language when moving here. We as humans need to have empathy and compassion for refugees. Imagine being forced from the place you grew up and being placed into a culture that isnt your own? especially being displaced in a country that is in war with our own country....

[@jossgoyanko7006]

In response to the Refugee Crisis in Syria, I once heard someone claim that "if someone offered you a grape, and you knew that, out of that whole bunch, one of them was poisoned, it would make sense not to eat the grapes." See, the problem with that statement is that you're justifying human cruelty by turning living, breathing people into grapes, something you can throw away without consequence or remorse. So how about this, much more realistic analogy instead? Let's say someone offered you a bunch of grapes, and, out of a bunch numbering in the hundreds of thousands, one of them was poisoned. But let's say that for every grape you eat that isn't poisoned, someone else gets to live. Someone else gets to escape a life of poverty, disease, and destitution. A family man. A wife. A child. Someone you've never met, and someone who you may never meet, but who needs you at this moment more than anyone else probably ever will to eat a single grape. Would it still be reasonable to refuse? Perhaps. But what ticks me off is a person who does that and claims that they're trying to make their country "Great" again. No. Just no. You cannot make a nation 'great' on the basis of cowardice. As an American, my nation has been accused of many things, but the one thing I thought we'd never allow ourselves to be thought of is a nation of cowards, hiding behind border walls and our own, delusional sense of isolationist exclusionism. What happened to us? We happened to the home of the brave? How did the huddled masses yearning to breathe free become our enemies?

[@bflat5274]

My grandfather and his family were lucky to escape Cuba when they did. Each kid left at 15 and had to care for themselves, living on their own for 16 years. They had to rebuild their lives from scratch, going from the top 10% of Cubans to the slums. They worked as hard as they did back home and my grandfather is an anesthesiologist. He could retire, but refuses do his grandkids will have fully paid college tuition. He doesn't want us to go through what he did. He is my hero.

[@YA-hm5zy]

Shouldn't have exploited the poor then.

[@towarzyszwojciech2802]

@@YA-hm5zy what do you mean by that?

[@YA-hm5zy]

@@towarzyszwojciech2802 he said they were in the top 10% in Cuba. The bougie that exploited the poor, and created the conditions for the revolution.

[@Linterna001]

@@YA-hm5zy Pal, he was an anesthesiologist, not the owner of a sugar farm.

[@YA-hm5zy]

@@Linterna001 so what? He should've stayed then .. helped his country. But he wasn't going to because he was a Batista supporter. Shame on him. Viva la revolucion!

[@thatisfunny8767]

This video has been desperately needed for a long time. My fear is that I have seen little change in attitude towards this issue, and even less widely accessible information (of the statistic kind) to help people make if not right, but informed decisions on the topic. This is a humanitarian crisis, and we can't just leave it as a vague debate. I hope this video goes viral.

[@yasmeenonscreen7491]

As a Syrian-Egyptian-American vlogger I feel like my Arab heritage makes me feel somehow closer to some of the many refugees our world unfortunately has. Syrian refugees and all refugees really need to be given notice. I hope that I can bring light to this topic through my vlogs very soon.

[@theotheodorou1374]

Always remember to put urself in the position of others before speaking , acting or deciding ! Also rembember that even though strangers from other countries seems dangerous , there are 100x More dangerous people in ur country , running the system that spread sadness and pain all around the globe ! Don t eat the propaganda , be smart and most of all be kind with people !

[@prapanthebachelorette6803]

Well said

[@mohammadbkheet8455]

I just want to say that the animations are EPIC , may ALLAH ease the pain of refugees great job Ted

[@deutschlandfreddie4871]

respect from a christian

[@videoawesomeness5234]

Inshallah

[@willymw78]

Allah is a work of fiction

[@laurensdecaluwe75]

mohimm

[@willymw78]

@@smeggiamagarwine noh

[@ZhiggerA]

I'm a Kurd, and this video made me cry...! :/

[@Hakky21]

I'm a Kurd too :) cheer up and smile, brother, we are never broken by terror or xenophobia.

[@LegendOfJono]

You guys need your own country, I find it crazy that an ethnic group of like 30 million people don't have their own state in this world. I hope Kurdistan becomes a reality some day.

[@kingamongstman]

I'm a Jew and I love the Kurdish people. You guys are our brothers...

[@Hakky21]

KING AMONGST MAN thank you brother! You have our love too. All the jews I have met are exremely nice and loving people. My love and respect for you all!

[@Hakky21]

***** lol fuck you back you troll xD

[@ScaryGamer744]

refuges are human and have the right live in peace, they have nothing to do with war and are only innocent. You people just think your so smart for desliking, you would not be able to live one day in the same situation as them and don't lie to yourself you talk Syrian refuges are bad, buy never talked to them. I hope people will stop being scared of others .

[@xBroder98]

>only innocent well memed m8

[@xBroder98]

>only innocent well memed m8

[@ericcw5634]

we do not want refugees. if you do, why don't you let a family of them take your house.

[@ScaryGamer744]

xBroder98 your the meme because if you were a refuge you would not like being call guilty of being born it a country who is in situation of war. You don't get that the people that do wrong in the refuges should not represent the other refuges like kids

[@ScaryGamer744]

Eric Walton refuges are not like Israel and occupy your territory. They want help to rebuild themselves and yes they welcome to stay in my house. (Generosity and compassion are not present in you way of seeing ther situation)😃

[@kanikamasiwal4817]

Thanks ted ed for showing the dark life of refugee . The vedio made me cry. I only pray to God that no human have to live like these and every refugee will able to get home back or able to start a new life with peace. Love and respect to every refugee.

[@abhranilmondal4335]

Let's just for a moment forget everything and become united as a human! Humanity above everything...

[@alexadimitriadou3974]

Omg I cried so hard. Here in greece we have waaay too many refugees and brakes my heart to see them like that :(

[@samcavanagh7993]

A few Notable refugees: Sergey Brin - Founder of Google Max Born - Discovered Quantum mechanics Albert Einstein - Theory of relativity Enrico Fermi - creator of first nuclear reactor Hans Krebs - discovered cell respiration Sigmund Freud - discovered psychoanalysis Claud Levi-strauss - founded structural anthropology

[@djblades]

Don’t forget Tenzin Gyataso aka the Da Lai Llama - the spiritual leader of Buddhism

[@nullx7]

If refugees are from europe or a civilezed country this is not a problem, If they are from a backward country they are problem.

[@InderjitSingh-cu7bh]

my grandparents endured this pain during India Pakistan partition,,, heard many heart broken stories of that time from them they were eye witness of.

[@EdwardScissorsHands1]

Is this a KZbin comment section or a Nazi Reunion?

[@ericcw5634]

"Hurr durr every opposing opinion is Hitler"

[@EdwardScissorsHands1]

Eric Walton​ Hitler is already dead. I said Nazi, that is an ideology.

[@Romanov117]

It could be racist reunion

[@ericcw5634]

Eduardo Felipe Hitler and his group were the Nazis. So calling someone Hitler is equivalent to calling someone a nazi. Just useless buzzwords thrown out to end an argument.

[@hollowsito5337]

+White343 refugees aren't just one race dumbass

[@kingcarlos4348]

Lets let all the refugees in look how well and safe France and Germany are doing

[@mbanana23456]

France and Germany are far safer than the U.S and we're barely letting in any refugees at all

[@mayyassakaji]

Wasnt the france guy from Belgium ?

[@turun_ambartanen]

pretty well? better than being an egoistic ******* **** country. do you like americas refugee policy more? taking those, whose work they need? doesn´t seem to work either - just look at orlando. the only thing that kinda works it to try to eliminate all the war in the world. the less war, the less people will flee their country. gets kinda difficult if the thing some people believe in tells these people to kill everyone that doesn´t agree with them.

[@LeePeteZzzaA]

So your point is that refugees cause chaos and trouble?

[@ScaryGamer744]

shut up look at canada and how much Syrian refugees they let in .

[@mariasirona1622]

My grandmother was/is a refugee. She was born in Ladoga Karelia, at the time of her birth part of Finland, today russian. Due to the winter war she was forced to leave her homeland as a young girl :c Today she is a lovely and happy old lady who on the surface has no hint of being a refugee...

[@MsStonedAgin]

That moment when people take the comment section of an educational video aimed at school age children on KZbin and turn it into a far-right political forum.

[@MsStonedAgin]

+Orangie It seems that you need to work on you definition of "propaganda." Like I said, this is an educational video, meant to spark discussion in classrooms; it's not leaning in any political direction, it's just explaining the definition of "refugee", giving teachers the chance to ask their students about their opinion on the current events in Europe. Just because a video doesn't share your point of view doesn't automatically make it propaganda. A left wing person saying it is the Western world's duty to accept refugees because of what the committed in the past is propaganda. A right wing person saying that Western culture is superior to Islamic culture, and that the refugees are plotting to destroy Europe is propaganda.

[@MsStonedAgin]

+J. Worthington Foulfellow Propaganda is meant to strike an emotional chord. This video is just giving facts.

[@Silverizael]

Since the ones doing that are always natural born citizens, i'll take the refugees any day.

[@ShadyNJ]

By "educational video aimed at school children" you meant liberal propaganda.

[@MeanOldLady]

It's feelings porn propaganda aimed at turning children into weak-minded leftists.

[@AyubuKK]

I feel like as time goes on, everyone will gradually experience the state of being refugees.

[@tarunalaxkar553]

So was this statement a curse or what ?

[@iluvfentsomuch]

oh god i live in a country that has nukes right next to another country that has nukes, i'll be a refugee or evaporated and radiated

[@leandronicolasea]

I really though Ted's community was really cool and open minded, but some of you don't have empathy with other's people suffering

[@Lizardlizard02]

+a minecraft channel Don't you think that Europe are the only people that care about them enough, more than closer countries, also next time, provide some factual evidence you bigot

[@leandronicolasea]

a minecraft channel man, you are really brainwashed

[@ransom6892]

+Leonico Egea You're the one who's brainwashed you clueless idiot.

[@111asel]

Turkey has one of the largest refugee camp systems in the world following this crisis, ya moron.

[@johnblack4380]

Don't you think you are a bit hypocritical? Those countries are the result of NATO going there for their selfish reasons and "bringing order" and what did they achieve? Countries much more destroyed than before. how do you think ISIS was born? From thin air? Those countries are destroyed because of NATO and now some families that have suffered and did nothing wrong want some peace, I guess they don't deserve it...

[@praiselove8471]

OMG I never thought about caring about refugees before but this makes me want to move them into my own house because my own ancestors were slaves so I can't imagine how sad they must feel to have to leave everything they know behind 😢

[@praiselove8471]

I doubt that I would get raped

[@ambercolored3090]

humans of all sorts are a tragedy i now realize. i wonder to no end if we will all die off from our own guilt. but after reading the comment section, i think the soil of the earth is better without any of us here

[@petervarga7913]

😮 Wow. That sounds like you really want to help troubled people. Respect for you 👍🏻 But keep in mind that people may have different ideas of help, like getting a shelter, getting an education and work for yourselfe to build up your own life. That‘s what I would want to if I would be a refugee.

[@Chulpansilu]

And now you are sitting here taking advantage of the education system and technology of the western world poor you

[@Mrlaiobrum]

So beautiful the way it shows how empathy is not just a virtue, but also gratitude for the help our ancestors have had so we could be here.

[@mog3317]

amazing video, I don't even want to read any comments, because I lost faith in humanity.

[@artistsometimes2729]

Agreed :P

[@rainbowstraw23]

Exactly.

[@abadlydrawnsnowman1648]

Same.

[@paklavahoe7345]

Even when us refugees arrive to the new country, we're never safe from the fear and possibilty we could get harmed or even killed for who we are... I constantly wish I could go back home and breath in the fresh air and inhale the smell of my cultures food, but I can't and I'd be grateful just to own something from my home, as I've lost it all :(

[@BrookeBaubles]

You would think that the group of people that watched TED Talks would be a group of intellectuals, but then you read these comments.

[@Bigflaggedguy]

Conservatives are the intellectuals in this comment section. The other, the left-wing liberals are merely Islamic apologists that'd give up their loved ones and pretty much everything for their muslim masters to whom they'd worship and obey under; libcucks the term, yes.

[@chlorisae]

And I bet you're an unbiased third party and aren't just calling the conservative bigots intellectuals because they share your personal opinions?

[@meastonjohnston2854]

+Kairos on the same token, you're a third party calling conservatives bigots? and around we go.

[@zabiwaseq7136]

exactly.

[@postmanjimjudgesvids2494]

lol @Brooke

[@abubardewa939]

You don't know what it means to be stateless and have no rights at all.

[@MrBones-cu1vi]

or constantly fearing that your home may get destroyed by a explosive device or your family stolen and killed because of some religious artifact you had in your home by accident or living in terrible camps were all you get is some food a tent a few beds and then most of it gets flooded

[@natural91LC]

palestinian?

[@abubardewa939]

Sorry to hear that ! But let's consider these: We (in the west) are privileged to eat three times a day. U have to realize that they have been through a lot. Most of them didn't grew up well. Their parents didn't get to kiss their child on the cheek and say 'goodbye baby'. Everyday is a struggle for them. Most kids grow up seeing their parents go through that everyday. If young boys are committing crimes then they are criminals not only Refugees does that ! They see life through different perspective. It's always about survival !

[@sirnate9065]

People think their lives are worth more than the lives of refugee's because they were born on the other side of a border. Germany is a shining example for the rest of the world now. I hope I am able to move there and join them one day.

[@abubardewa939]

''People think their lives are worth more than the lives of refugee's'' That's the true essence of being refugee. Your life feels worthless !

[@victoriawinhumphries7161]

I am from Myanmar 🇲🇲. My country went another military coup in February 2021 and my people are going through bloodshed to get the democracy we receive. The military has lied about our votes and they are greedy. I have gone through the protests here and have seen the brutality from the military. #savemyanmar

[@justaanimalofreptiles8291]

Bro flee Myanmar with your family I recommended Thailand or India

[@victoriawinhumphries7161]

@@justaanimalofreptiles8291 yea I’m in Thailand:)

[@justaanimalofreptiles8291]

@@victoriawinhumphries7161 Good job bro I hate how our government treats Rohingyas as bad people I am from Bangladesh I hope Rohingyas get citizenship in our country

[@gilnahnu]

I'm from Myanmar too, i'm one of the ethnic minorities. My parents were refugees and left Myanmar in the early 2000s to Malaysia which is where they had me. in 2010 we then immigrated to USA

[@AffeAffelinTV]

omg you wrote refugee in the title internet trolls incoming 😲 _____________ I deleted some comments below, because they were disgusting. I am sorry if you cannot follow the conversation properly anymore

[@amines23]

THEY ARE ALREADY HERE!

[@amines23]

***** The sad thing is, these xenophobes are serious, so I'd say they are even worse than Trolls.

[@fikrifazarizqia]

+Trec93 Grow up.

[@lalilali8513]

+Hypocrite with u ..nice going🖒

[@Romanov117]

Oh geez, thanks /pol/

[@payongyang6298]

My family and I were refugees. I'm glad my parents were able to make it to America when I was a toddler. 🙂

[@marloyorkrodriguez9975]

I'm amazed at the lack of humanity in the comment section

[@leonardopaulsen2116]

Oh the (insert "lack" here) humanity

[@minzxk5699]

same here

[@tonyrandall3146]

@Gooddeer one where people are entitled to their own opinion?

[@14s0cc3r14]

The people in the comments are a reminder of why being a refugee is so horrible. Even when you escape the war and persecution for being different from your old home, you face new hate and persecution for being different in your new one.

[@abubardewa939]

I urge you to not read comment section. Opinions are depressing!

[@annalancellotti128]

Cancer

[@barakakautsarsofiuddin9288]

Yes, to anyone who were given hope by this video the comment section will destroy it. You have been warned

[@TheBleupaw]

I believe it's better to be aware of negative and ignorant opinion rather than pretending they don't exist.

[@grimyreaper2675]

the warnings made me curious to read the comments further. ruined my day.

[@schlaumensch]

Same here...

[@schlaumensch]

Gabriel Alexa Maybe you're an idiot.

[@grimyreaper2675]

Gabriel Alexa jeez what are you, a loser?

[@schlaumensch]

Gabriel Alexa This fat fuck sitting in front of his computer in a peaceful and stable country calls refugees from warzones "weak pussies". Oh, the irony.

[@schlaumensch]

Gabriel Alexa You're a fucking racist. Als you have no idea how complicated the conflicts in the midde east are. It's not as easy as "GOOD VS BAD", like your simple mind might think.

[@Lembdadelta]

This hurts so bad. Just imagine loosing everything you have, your home, your relatives, the feeling of being home ... This is awful, we must not forget that it could happen to anyone and that refugees were living just like us before something shattered their lives apart. There is no one that we should help more than them, and I really wish I could see more refugees in my country, they're always welcome.

[@igb5551]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO TED. I loved TED-Ed before this video, but now I just cannot expres how much I admire them. Thank you, really, this kind of knowledge is so needed too...

[@igb5551]

@@nelsonxie4171 yes. I don't even remember this video but I guess I meant it when I said it 4 years ago hahahah

[@igb5551]

@@nelsonxie4171 👀

[@fredrickotieno4271]

I'm from Kenya, and i stand with the all the refugees fleeing to Europe. May the God of Christians and Muslims also stand with them and show them light. Amen.

[@nazifaakhter6649]

DAMN THANKS FOR RUINING MY DAY, COMMENTS SECTION

[@jimmyincredible3141]

Very recently a syrian guy in Germany told me his story, how he was taken and tortured by syrian police forces for being on the street with a friend and two other people, released with the order to enlist in assads army, and fight for the hated dictator who surpressed his family for years fled through turkey, where they were basically told to f*** of, spent much of their families money to get on a boat to greece, which capsized in the mediteranean and nearly drowned his friend. Overcrowded camps in Greece, where he had to sleep in the open as they didn't even have enough tents, walking nearly one thousand miles through all those hate filled states, that basically just hand refugees up to hungary, where they weren't allowed to move further, still having to sleep in the open, and finally put into a train by police, through Austria into Germany... ...And then there are a**holes in Germany who have never known pain, hunger, or having to sleep in the open, whose biggest drama in life is probably the death of the family dog and who have nothing better to do than shout at him to go home, and that he is unwelcome, and that all refugees should "traditionally" be gassed, while he is walking to his German school... My faith in humanity has finally vanished this year...

[@reemaalmu9172]

Only shnitzles

[@piyushvaidya5086]

im sorry, i know your comment is very old, but please do not of think of anti-refugee right wingers as some kind of entitled assholes. Their arguements are very well-founded, and have to do with how the economics & politics of it works out. First of all, the european countries which are taking in migrants, have no basic plans to resettle these people back into their home countries after the wars over there are over, and are attempting to integrate them in the larger foreign society, which btw, wont be possible and will only help to imbalance the ethnic & religious balance of the nation, thus paving way for ultranationalistic movements at worst, and uneducated populists at best. 2nd arguement, and the most logical one, is that upto 90% of the people who are illegally crossing borders are working age males, and only about 7% of them are from syria, and 5% from iraq. 4% from somalia. 5% from libya. all 4 warzones. where are the rest of the so called war refugees coming from? let me see, 10% are from afghanisation, 15% from pakistan, and many many from other african nations which have no relation to war, but only want to leave their country due to poverty, instead of helping the country grow. again. working class age males, where are the families, where are the children.

[@nullx7]

@@jimmyincredible3141 people should fight their regimes instead of escaping.

[@jimmyincredible3141]

@@nullx7 You are free to do that if you want...just as everyone is free to either do that or flee instead...

[@fleurettedushime8061]

I love this video and I really hope that it reaches people that can dp something because it will definitely change lives. I have been a refugee for the past 18 years so the country I live in is the only home I have ever known . my family and I have always faced discrimination and there is no clear distinction between migrants and refugees so we have been denied many resettlement opportunities. I hope the the message of this video will be able to be spread.

[@grumpymacaron]

to the guys who are disliking the video before watching it, can you just watch it first? you might not agree with it, but looking through another person's point of view won't hurt you.

[@duccie]

My family flee out of Saudi Arabia to the northern Jordanian mountens about 400 years ago because of a flood.

[@powerfullengine50]

اهلا و سهلا

[@reemaalmu9172]

Well that means you got citizenship for FREE

[@kxrnos_]

@@reemaalmu9172 People aren't allowed to have citizen ship because of their place of birth?

[@reemaalmu9172]

@@kxrnos_ idk

[@kxrnos_]

@@reemaalmu9172 So, Because of something you had no control of, you're not allowed to live as a citizen?, atleast make up an answer before saying something

[@lilioracle1584]

This is depressing, anyone reading this lets give gratitude that we are not forced to leave our homes & let us try to be accepting and helpful to those needing us

[@EdbbieRosado]

On April 19, 1775 America found themselves in a similar situation mentioned in this video and we fought back and defended our freedom and well being.

[@LKAChannel]

America is a country founded by refugees

[@EdbbieRosado]

+LKAChannel, Yes the first time around they where refugees, the second time around they fought back.

[@LKAChannel]

Senpai Spook Wait what? You held the same viewpoint that America had? That must be why most Americans were killed and put in camps, where most of them still live to this day

[@logangrauberger4667]

+Edbbie Rosado Ok... Europeans came over and broke off from British rule... Then millions of Russians, Germans, Chinese, Italians, and Irish refugees and immigrants added fantastic ingredients to the recipe known as the United States of America... Chinese were from a culture on the opposite side of the world, they didn't have a problem with integrating into the forming culture

[@aaliyah4798]

LKAChannel not really founded more like stolen

[@vinfinity8940]

As long as my parents or grandparents know our ancestors had been living in the lands we live in. I would never know how a refugee would feel but I wish to empathise with them. Because being forced out of their own lands is one of the most horrible things to experience.

[@marinnah656]

My heart is broken in million pieces. We must do something, change something. Why is our society base on hate, selfisness and prejudices? Why cann't we recognize that we are all made from the same bones, same blood and dreams?

[@the0master200]

it means to be hungry, cold, terrified, traumatized, homeless, lonely and borken, and above all of that, hated.

[@suzyr82]

What a beautifully done video... TED has some of the most amazing artists.

[@aaronlazaro7226]

I love TED-Ed uploading videos tackling serious issues; hope a future vid is about statelessness, its causes and effects, and the ongoing efforts to eliminate it.

[@jaedan14]

When you need to watch this for social studies and it doesn’t work on your computer and the teacher tells you to go on your phone and watch it

[@Lip22Gloss]

Great animation. Gives the video a stark feeling

[@kerr.andrew]

This video reminds me of how ashamed I feel when I here about my country's treatment of refugees. All first world countries need to step up their game and care more.

[@iamsagun]

😭😭 so who is in bed right now tryin to control his / her emotion

[@squirrelworks1332]

can I just say that I love the animation of this video; it conveys so well the grim truth of the subject.

[@sohangchopra6478]

I am an Indian - my grandfather had to flee from Lahore at the time of Partition (when India and Pakistan gained independance from the British). Difficult to imagine what he must have gone through at the time, when he was forced to leave his everything behind!

[@Lilybonit4]

Very well done video, it made me cry a bit

[@postmanjimjudgesvids2494]

toughen up soldier

[@randompineapple]

I will never understand why people are so mean to each other at the end of the day we are all human

[@readisgooddewaterkant7890]

beacuse propaganda exist

[@MAXIMUS-yk5vs]

this is too sad :( I wish refugees the best of luck and to stay safe :)

[@lockhrt999]

This is one of the best Ted-ed I have seen.

[@Stivonim]

i didn't dislike this video cause it was about the definition, so i have no idea why would some one dislike it. but since every one is talking about the obvious, let me share my opinion: i think the refugees that come from syria all the way to Germany should not be branded as refugees at all, they skip other safe countries cause they want a good place rather then a safe one, it's understandable but it's BS to call them refugees since they do that.

[@sassycassgames3158]

Many of those countries(ie:Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, etc..) in between Germany and Syria have become fairly unsafe for refugees, espescially in the Balkans, where extreme nationalist and statist sentiments have taken roots. Also, many of those nations outright refuse Asylum to a very large percentage of Asylum seekers... I believe the max quota in Bulgaria accounts for around less than 5% of the amount of Syrian refugees alone.

[@sehzthecynic6751]

They are unsafe from people like them because of people like them there is a reason the middle east is a big flaming pile of shit, ISLAM.

[@graveeking]

People dislike it because they expected/wanted to hear something that favours their political argument and are disappointed it has not. On another topic: How do you define safe? There's a lot of good reasons to skip country's one passes through. Just anywhere they won't immediately be persecuted? Well if so then how do they even know where that is? A lot of these people might not even know - perhaps along the way smugglers tell them it's not safe to stop in some of those places they pass through. I mean some of those country's along the way literally have walls to keep them out - so it's unsurprising people feel unsafe stopping there because they're likely worried they'd be mistreated. Country's like such as the UK, Germany and France haven't really been in the light for persecution recently, so they probably appear to be 'truly' safe to those fleeing. Not to mention there's another point of if they just try to settle down in the first 'safe' area, will they even be able to eat? Not everyone can just settle down and start up a farm or way of earning money - especially after travelling a long distance. Fact is people need essentials to survive and not all country's are known for providing that. So in a way it isn't 'safe' to try and settle down somewhere in a place/country where there's no food or water available or even jobs to earn it yourself. So theoretically they'd still have a similar refugee status after settling down in the first 'safe' place they came to. That's the way I see it at least. I can see where you're coming from though but there are many good reasons for going over country's to get to others while still being a refugee.

[@graveeking]

SehZ The Cynic I'll bite. Lets go through these claims of yours. Communist: Well that's a term broadly used these days but the principles of true equality and removing capitalism? Not really on my agenda. I'm curious where you got that from my comment. I assume you saw me not insult migrants and just jumped to the conclusion I'm far-left wing. No my good sir I'm a moderate, I don't vote left-wing or for 'liberal' candidates typically so please don't make such ridiculous assumptions. Muslim/Jihad Sympathizing: Those two are about as linked as Christian sympathizing and crusade sympathizing. Not every Muslim is on a Jihad it turns out - seriously go out and chat to some, I think you'll find quite a few who aren't in any way on a jihad. Brainwashed: In what way brain-washed? I'll assume you mean due to the 'left wing propaganda and media!', right? OK, lets assume you're right and I've been lied to and I fell for it - how are your sources of information any more reliable than mine? Did you personally go to Germany or wherever, survey a 1000 Muslims and they were all plotting a Jihad like you claim? Or did you get your information from the news and media like everyone else? I expect the latter. If I've been brainwashed, there's a pretty good chance you have been too. Sorry mate, you can't just completely discredit an entire political opinion like that - isn't that easy. Domestic terrorist: This implies I'd in any way assist terrorism. If I heard of any plots or suspicious activity I'd report it to the appropriate sources like anyone else. If every pro-migrant citizen of a country assisted terrorism trust me when I say we'd see a LOT more bombings and whatnot than we get now. However by the lazy tone of your comment I assume you're just trolling, or you'd have actually offered some kind of reasoning.

[@sehzthecynic6751]

I'm an Anti Theist but if you did any research what so ever you would realize The Crusade's were an Act of Self Defense.

[@svetpositive]

Anyone who wants to help refugees and who wants to stop displacement of people should be against starting and perpetuating new wars, totalitarian tyranny, communism and dictatorships.

[@janettedean4713]

Thank you also to mega-talented Tom Petty for warning us all in so many words about becoming refugees in our lives and world by tolerating injustice against ourselves and others! #ArtistsLead

[@labroskouris9071]

I am a descendant of Pontic Greek refugees. My great grandparents from my father's side, fled from the Ottoman Empire in 1919 (maybe).

[@JonnyMarshall5]

If only we can trade half of the KZbin comment section for an equivalent amount of refugees - you could probably resolve the crisis.

[@ReminderHistory]

My family fled from the civil war in Myanmar (Southeast Asia) since 1970s to 1995s and again 1996s, and they emigrated to Thailand after fleeing from war and leaving everything behind. We’re currently living in the United States and we have been living here for almost 10th years now.

[@Kaz2Me]

I wish to see the accounts of those people that dislike these videos. Make that a feature.

[@turun_ambartanen]

dont make it a ferature (too much hate) but it would be very interesting

[@iceisisisig]

you can see my account but i don't upload :/ if you want to know why it's because it is an obvious appeal to emotion and has no actual facts. it's baseless propaganda. and i don't like that.

[@AnswerManofRome]

I disliked the video. You want to behead me or something, Ahmed?

[@cool8888rox]

i see that someone is #TRIGGERED

[@walrus5044]

and what are you going to do afterwards? cry to them in pm?

[@lucyhuang6840]

Yes, in fact, everyone is refugee. I have notice that my great-great-grandfather is not a civilian in my hometown, but escape from my capital city. Thousands of belongings were sold or discard. He only bought his wife and 4 children, some food and water, with no transportation or identity. Although when they reach the hometown, there is nothing for them to rely on or start a new busniess, they still live well, and have future generation. Just respect and treat other well.

[@killerdestroyer2420]

who has to watch this 4 school

[@augustinefaithdefender]

This video makes me remember 4 millions of South Vietnamese refused to America and Europe after 1975 to avoid Communist political prosecution. But that did not bring much controversy like the situation now. There are many differences of culture and ideology between people. And My relative said:" when you come to somebody house, you have to respect the owner." That what they did, they learnt the culture, they took labor jobs to not rely on welfare. Time by time, they earnt the indigenous respect, not demanded it. I think Syrian refugees will do the same. But they have to get over the bad side, ISIS, and try not to change other culture, learn it and they will love it.

[@aishashaikh5699]

great job ted ed spreading this knowledge...and the animation oh the animation is a sad story itself..i dont understand how can ppl find errors relating to such a flawless vid..theres nothing to argue..if we are not forced out of our homes and are safe in our homes it isnt something we deserve its a privilege and we should pay it forward. Period

[@ZettaFan]

I am a Muslim Bosnian refugee of a war/genocide that occurred in my homeland. I consider myself as American as I am Bosnian. I love both of my countries.

[@ElonMuskitow]

Leiam “Uma esperança mais forte que o mar” e “A pequena guerreira”, histórias muito emocionantes que traz consciência e empatia ao próximo.

[@nhshanto2]

Last line is really mind blowing.

[@matthewharris5330]

Shame most are not refugees though.

[@Chadlite]

Yeah ted won't tell you a large portion of these "refugees" are actually adult male migrants looking to take advantage of the free wellfare they get in some european countries.

[@sooooooooDark]

yes of the over 1 millionen refugees that came to germany in 2015 about 75% were males 18-40 apparently because the travel is so hard and its easiest for males (?)

[@ultimaetsolder]

+remkin this.

[@MrBones-cu1vi]

yeah but some of those men are probably thousand of possibility could of happened some might be seeing if Europe is safe before the rest of the family moves maybe there wife and children were slaughter or taken from them but well never know for sure cause of the high spike in refugees nearby countries have been flooded and are doing there best to help but camps are stricken with disease poor conditions and constant flooding

[@grimzeevoni430]

Alright alright everyone losing their shit in the commit section listen. This video is explaining Refugees. Not the fake ones that sneak in to try and cause havoc. Yes there are plenty fake "refugees" out there, But again this video is NOT about them. This video is just letting you know WHAT a REAL REFUGEE is. So cool it...

[@simranmalhotra7364]

My grandmother's father was a refugee who fled from Lahore during the Partition...My grandmother was born in Lahore!

[@debarjandatta2170]

My grandfather from father's side, grandfather from mother's side and many more relatives all were refugees from Bangladesh during partition and I would frequently hear stories of how they built their lives from nothing and established themselves, it's truly sad

[@NoNameThoughtOfYet]

It Makes Me So Sick To Think There's People Out There, Human Beings That Are Being Discriminated Against Simply Because They Were Fleeing War And Hatred..... Violence Is Never The Answer To Our Problems..... When Will We Learn That We're ALL Refugees? We All Migrated From Africa (Our Original Homeland) And Spread Out All Over The World.... We're All More Closely Related To Each Other Then You Actually Think....

[@Reenzia]

Being a refugee is harsh, its true. But refugee render difficult to people at country who accept them is true as well

[@zhantiiX]

The comment section is just...

[@rabia1180]

makes me so fucking depressed

[@sehzthecynic6751]

You would be even more depressed if you realized this was a video made to distract from the political and sociological Jihad taking place in Europe and North America Right Now.

[@Angelofdeth20]

yup

[@rabia1180]

SehZ The Cynic i am so tired of people like you. please just shut up. please.

[@sehzthecynic6751]

random girl Educated people ?

[@DarkSlayerTK]

Brilliant video,it's pretty clear how much thought and work are put in these videos.Thank you.

[@MoreParksLessParking]

I only came here to see what the like/dislike ration was.

[@mary._.m562]

Came to watch this video because my teachers told me to take notes ... but damn this ain't no joke it's a serious matter

[@emmitomlin902]

Refugees are people with hope for a better life. Please support and help them. They mean nothing wrong. They have nothing.

[@richiesquest3283]

Charity begins at home.

[@joshchoi9096]

nah

[@kamiyabritton5862]

Emmi Tomlin exactly

[@samuelkellich8577]

These economical immigrants are not poor refugees fleeying from war

[@marquisdesade1501]

They are social welfare recipients to our expense the native european, especially if you are tax paying middle class. Parasites with excesive reproduction.

[@AAcct-ko6di]

When my mom was younger she lived with her sisters and my great grandparents In Myanmar, there were often war there so one day they fled to Thailand that is where they lived. My mom found my dad they had me In Thailand 🇹🇭 and we moved to the United States and living here with my brother and sister. ❤

[@bradleyhite3476]

When I see the guy at 5:06 all I can think about is Benedict Cumberbatch

[@millietodd9506]

nice to know im not the only one who can see it

[@remycdg6889]

I am a refugee from Burma my people are being killed because of my religion they call us terrorists. I've been hearing gun shots since that day I started walking I saw my village burn down at the age of 5 when I was six we filed to go to america as refugee now I'm graduating high school I speak 5 languages I'm going to college and study to become a doctor. I Love and Support the U.S. for letting my family into the u.s. and let's us start a new life in America.

[@ReminderHistory]

I agree with you 100%, and my great grandparents, grandparents and parents were fleeing from the civil war in Burma/Myanmar since 1970s-1995s and again they started to emigrate to Thailand in 1996s and build their shelter in border refugee camp there with many other displaced people. But finally we are living in United States and few of our relatives are still living in Thailand refugee camps.

[@josephstalin6417]

THANKS GOD I SURVIVE THE SEA REFUGEES I WAS SOOO CLOSE TO DIE BUT I STILL IN LIFE BUT MY PARENTS IS DEAD ;-; 🇮🇶

[@BoboSLO1]

so there is allmost no one who flew in Europe "the real refugee" thank u ted ed

[@guillemmoreno5522]

You're a piece of garbage on the Internet.

[@arefwahb7771]

Thanks for this great video. An English question: Is it correct to say that" So what happens when someone flees their country?"

[@reemaalmu9172]

Yes

[@bawarrasowl171]

I am a kurd and am a refugee in Germany now because of the war in Syria The racism is the biggest problem in my life🙁 really

[@zebramackenzie3039]

In here a lot of comments about how there all young men who aren't actually refugees, even though I don't completely agree there ALL youngmen who are not refugees, I do think the children should be the main priority especially children who have lost their family

[@AlexLoskutov666]

It's nice to know that there are some people in the comment section that care more about the national security rather than Political correctness

[@EliDEVITTSpeaks]

Nazis seem to really like poisoning the internet.

[@richiesquest3283]

Do you work for the BBC or CNN ?

[@aaliyah4798]

I know right it’s so sad

[@wondrousgrace4450]

I love this video. Currently I live in europe and those issues are always controvery. Now, I can get it better than before to understand their circumstances

[@diegohidalgocarvajal7292]

Amazing video! I got emotional after watching it. The music is amazingly well chosen. Could you tell me what is the name of the song on the background?

[@fiitriann]

Before you guys dislike this vid, THIS IS A BOUT THE DEFINITION OF REFUGEES AND THE HARDSHIPS OF BEING ONE. This is not about political shit or who's right or wrong.