A refugee is a person who is outside their country of origin or habitual residence because they have suffered persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or because they are a member of a persecuted 'social group'. Such a person may be referred to as an 'asylum seeker' until recognized by the state where (s)he makes his(er) claim.
Refugee women and children represent an additional subsection of refugees that need special attention. For the refugee system to work successfully, countries must be prepared to allow Open borders for people fleeing conflict, particularly for countries closest to the conflict. This is a program that has helped many people, but people still believe there are flaws. Getting to a refugee camp is extremely difficult.
As of December 31, 2005, the largest source countries of refugees are Afghanistan, Iraq, Sierra Leone, Myanmar, Somalia, South Sudan, and the Palestinian Territories.[clarification needed] The country with the largest number of IDPs is South Sudan, with over 5 million. As of 2006, with 800,000 refugees and IDPs, Azerbaijan had the highest per capita IDP population in the world.
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (Hindi: अहमद सलमान रुशदी (Devanagari), احمد سلمان رشدی (Nastaʿlīq); /sælˈmɑːn ˈrʊʃdi/; born 19 June 1947) is a British Indian novelist and essayist. His second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981. Much of his fiction is set on the Indian subcontinent. He is said to combine magical realism with historical fiction; his work is concerned with the many connections, disruptions and migrations between East and West.
His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), was the centre of a major controversy, provoking protests from Muslims in several countries, some violent. Death threats were made against him, including a fatwā issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran, on 14 February 1989.
Rushdie was appointed Commandeur dans Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France in January 1999. In June 2007, Queen Elizabeth II dubbed him Knight Bachelor for his services to literature. In 2008, The Times ranked him thirteenth on its list of the fifty greatest British writers since 1945.
Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty (born October 20, 1950) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch. He has also performed under the pseudonyms of Charlie T. Wilbury, Jr. and Muddy Wilbury.
He has recorded a number of hit singles with the Heartbreakers and as a solo artist, many of which remain heavily played on adult contemporary and classic rock radio. His music, and notably his hits, have become popular among younger generations as he continues to host sold-out shows. Throughout his career, Petty and his collaborators have sold 60 million albums.
Tom Petty was born and raised in Gainesville, Florida, and attended Gainesville High School. His interest in rock and roll music began at age 10 when he met Elvis Presley. In the summer of 1961, his uncle was working on the set of Presley's film Follow That Dream in nearby Ocala, Florida and invited Petty to come down and watch the shoot. He instantly became an Elvis Presley fan and soon traded his Wham-O slingshot for a box of Elvis 45s. In a 2006 interview on the National Public Radio program Fresh Air, Petty said that he knew he wanted to be in a band the moment he saw The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. One of his first guitar teachers was Don Felder, a fellow Gainesville resident, who would later join the Eagles. As a young man, Petty worked briefly on the grounds crew for the University of Florida, but never attended as a student. An Ogeechee lime tree that he planted while employed at the University is now called the Tom Petty tree.
Plot
Ray Ferrier (Cruise) is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. When his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son Robbie and young daughter Rachel for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm suddenly touches down. What follows is the extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it in this contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells seminal classic sci-fi thriller.
Keywords: 2000s, abduction, airplane-stewardess, algeria, alien, alien-abduction, alien-invasion, allergy, american-flag, annihilation
They're already here.
This Summer, the last war on Earth won't be started by humans.
[first lines]::Narrator: No one would have believed in the early years of the 21st century that our world was being watched by intelligences greater than our own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns, *they* observed and studied, the way a man with a microscope might scrutinize the creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency, men went to and fro about the globe, confident of our empire over this world. Yet across the gulf of space, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic regarded our planet with envious eyes and slowly, and surely, drew their plans against us.
Ray Ferrier: Get in, Manny, or you're gonna die!
Ray Ferrier: We're leaving this house in 60 seconds.
Ray Ferrier: There's nothing living in that direction!
Ogilvy: They've been planning this for a million years. We're beat to shit.::Ray Ferrier: Please... my daughter.::Ogilvy: Think about it. They defeated the greatest power in the world in a couple days. Walked right over us. And these were only the first. They'll keep coming. This is not a war any more than there's a war between men and maggots... This is an extermination.
[last lines]::Narrator: From the moment the invaders arrived, breathed our air, ate and drank, they were doomed. They were undone, destroyed, after all of man's weapons and devices had failed, by the tiniest creatures that God in his wisdom put upon this earth. By the toll of a billion deaths, man had earned his immunity, his right to survive among this planet's infinite organisms. And that right is ours against all challenges. For neither do men live nor die in vain.
Ogilvy: I'm dead set on living.::[laughs]::Ogilvy: [to himself] "Dead set on living".
Ray Ferrier: [playing catch with Robbie] Mom says you got a report due on Monday, so you're going to work on that when you're done here.::Robbie Ferrier: Yeah, I'm almost finished, I just gotta type it up.::Ray Ferrier: Yeah, bullshit.::Robbie Ferrier: Yeah? What do you know, Ray?::Ray Ferrier: Everything. Haven't you heard? Between me and my brother, we know everything.::Rachel Ferrier: What's the capital of Australia?::Ray Ferrier: That's one my brother knows.::Robbie Ferrier: Okay with you if I just laugh the first five hundred times you tell that one?::Ray Ferrier: ...Just do your report. We don't send you to school so you can flunk out.::Robbie Ferrier: You don't pay for it, Tim does.::Ray Ferrier: [hesitates furiously for a second, then throws the ball really hard at Robbie, Robbie catches it hardly] That's half of what I got.::Robbie Ferrier: You're an asshole.::[throws the ball hard at Ray]::Robbie Ferrier: ...I hate coming here.::Ray Ferrier: Is that why you act like such a dick?::Ray Ferrier: [throws the ball super hard, but Robbie steps out of the way and allows the ball to crash through the window]
[repeated line]::Ogilvy: Not my blood!
Rachel Ferrier: Is it the terrorists?
In fear of drowning
As my heart keeps pounding
Striking ones step
To hold on to what's left
Hold on, to the strings of reality
Bouncing on my heel of prosperity
Leave from my cell with a gleam in my eye
Watching it all wash by, watching it die
Its so hard to see it all fall through
But it's too late nothing left to do
Refugee, I'm an enemy of your belief
Don't hate me, because i disagree
Release me from a world unkind
A world where the blind is leading the blind
It's so unfair that i can't feel free
That i have to be what you want me to be
Shadows of the past keep stabbing my back
Reminding me of when i slipped out of track
Their wasting their time another morning dawning
And time when the restless keeps on joining
Refugee, I'm an enemy of your belief
Don't hate me, because i disagree
Refugee, I'm an enemy of your belief
Don't hate me, because i disagree
(Whaaaaaaaaaa!)
Refugee, I'm an enemy of your belief
Don't hate me, because i disagree
Refugee, I'm an enemy of your belief
We got somethin', we both know it, we don't talk too much about it
Ain't no real big secret, all the same, somehow we get around it
Listen, it don't really matter to me baby
You believe what you want to believe, you see
You don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some
Tell me why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon
Honey, it don't make no difference to me baby
Everybody has to fight to be free, you see
You don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
No baby you don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
Baby we ain't the first
I'm sure a lot of other lovers been cursed
Right now it seems real to you, but it's
One of those things you gotta feel to be true
Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some
Who knows maybe you were kidnapped tied up,
Taken away and held for ransom
Honey, it don't make no difference to me baby
Baby, everybody has to fight to be free, you see
You don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
No baby you don't have to live like a refugee
We got some thin we both know it,
We dont talk too much about it
Aint no real big secret, all the same,
Somehow we get around it
Listen, it dont really matter to me
Baby, you believe what you wanna believe
You see, you dont have to live like a refugee
Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have
Kicked you around some
Tell me why you wanna lay there,
Revel in your abandon
Honey, it dont make no difference to me
Baby, everybodys had to fight to be fre e
You see, you dont have to live like a refugee
No baby, you dont have to live like a refugee
Baby, we aint the first
Im sure a lot of other lovers been burned
Right now this aint real to you
Its one of those things you got to feel to be true
Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have
Kicked you around some
Who knows, maybe you were kidnapped,
Tied-up, taken away, and held for ransom
Honey, it dont really matter to me
Baby, everybodys ha d to fight to be free
You see, you dont have to live like a refugee
No, you dont have to live like a refugee
We got somethin' we both know it
We don't talk too much about it
Ain't no real big secret all the same
Somehow we get around it
Listen, it don't really matter to me baby
You believe what you want to believe
You see you don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
Yeah
Somewhere, somehow, somebody
Must have kicked you around some
Tell me, why you wanna lay there
Revel in your abandon
Hii! It don't make no difference to me baby
Everybody's had to fight to be free
You see you don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
Now baby you don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
Baby we ain't the first
(Ain't)
I'm sure a lot of other lover's been burned
Right now this seems real to you
(Real)
But it's one of those things
You gotta feel to be true
Somewhere, somehow, somebody
Must have kicked you around some
Who knows, maybe you were kidnapped
Tied up, taken away and held for ransom
Hii! It don't really matter to me, baby
Everybody's had to fight to be free
You see you don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
No, you don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
Now you don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
Take a good look inside of me...
Season of night took hold of me...
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide away
The damage is done, the chaos' dissolving me
What am I to do
Where am I to go
How can I be strong and find the strength to carry on
Misery comes, but doesn't go, don't want to reach
tomorrow
Don't want to be a refugee of love
Found a new way to the future...
Created a past to remember...
No ties attached, no one to hold you down
Am I the stone that made you dislike the crown
How am I to say, what I have to lose
When your mind's made up and it's your
happiness you chose
Misery comes, but doesn't go, don't want to reach
tomorrow
Don't want to be a refugee of love
[Solo: Henrik]
Take a good look inside of me...
Hatred and pain controlling me...
Holding the cards fearless in front of me
The sun on your face, the coldness it's freezing me
What am I to do
Where am I to go
How can I be strong and find the strength to carry on
Misery comes, but doesn't go, don't want to reach
tomorrow
refugee
© per bronco karlsson
She misses her true blue moments but this new life´s got to hurt
Her tears fall down the mirror and she wipes them off like dirt
He said he´d come around when his mind would tell him to
Now she cuts off everything she knows to get used to life in a world too real to be true
She sleeps until she faints into a dreamland made of blue
But it´s the only place where she can breathe and where the circle cannot reach
He said that she must wait like so many said before
Now she is throwing up the words he said and then she eats them up to learn what living is for
She is searching through the house and she cries in every room
But she has to find the man who can heal her open wounds
She´s just a bird on the platform messed up by a train
Now she´s working hard to earn the way she feels today in a world too real to be true
I am a refugee, I am a refugee
I can see you but you don't see me
I am a refugee, sometimes I'm just like a mirror
A reflection of what you ignore
The look on my face is just the disgrace
Of the child you locked outside your door
I am flesh and bone born of mother
From a home that ceases to be
I have walked these roads to long my friend
To return to my family, I was born in a different time
In a world not run by machines
I am part of a time that is no more
'Cept in my heart and in my dreams
Some men they call me unlucky
Some men they just call me weak
They look on with shame as if I am to blame
For something they dare not to speak
Most every place that I go
I am greeted with suspicious eyes
As if a man on his knees has some disease
That mankind must despise
I am flesh and bone born of mother
From a home that ceases to be
I have walked these roads to long my friend
To return to my family
I was born in a different time
In a world not run by machines
I am part of a time that is no more
'Cept in my heart and in my dreams
I am a refugee, I am a refugee
Like a ghosts I've returned
I was caught up and burned
In the machine that created me
I am flesh and bone born of mother
From a home that ceases to be
I have walked these roads to long my friend
To return to my family
I was born in a different time
In a world not run by machines
I am part of a time that is no more
'Cept in my heart and in my dreams
I was born in a different time
In a world not run by machines
I am part of a time that is no more
There's a rumour flying through the air;
Paranoia's creeping everywhere.
You're gonna raise a wall -
to draw the line.
You say you've got your reasons
I hear them all the time
You say it's talking treason
and a crime...
to question why.
Don't you know I've seen this all before?
History repeats itself once more.
I don't want to go -
and I can't stay.
You say you've got your reasons
I hear them all the time.
You say it's talking treason
and a crime...
to question why.
I don't want to be a refugee,
I just want a single guarantee.
I don't want to be a refugee,
let me touch the hem of your garment
grant me a second on your doorstep
let me dry your feet with my hair
put my finger in your side
in your eyes alone i find a hideaway
in your eyes alone i find a hideaway
by day and by night i will seek your face
by day and by night i will seek your face
i find refuge in you
You ask me,
Why it is I come to you,
When someone else is just as good.
I asked them but they said the same,
Didn't even ask my name.
Explain to me,
Just what it is you have to lose.
Take a minute in my shoes,
Don't it feel like you've paid your dues
Already.
I'll show you,
That all our fates are so entwined.
Don't lose your faith in humankind.
Just don't forget my state of mind
Is fragile.
Together,
We can enjoy the taste of dignity.
As long as you believe in me,
I'll show you my reality,
I've seen a few.
You ask me,
Why it is I come to you,
When someone else is just as good.
I asked them but they said the same,
Didn't even ask my name.
I cancelled gravity
Broke off intimacy
No more dying of thirst
Beside the fountain
I sleep a quiet sleep
Street dogs are guarding me
And don't say goodbye
I'm gone already
I'm a refugee don't talk to me
I prefer to be anonymous
Don't relate to me or send your artillery
Let us get wasted in the black cafe
I'll take a final flight
With the clay pigeons
I won't bore you again
With faint resistance
I know a hiding place
Nobody wants to find
And that's where I'll sit
And watch the dominoes fall
I'm a refugee don't talk to me
I prefer to be anonymous
Don't relate to me or send your artillery
Let us get wasted in the black cafe
Security
The bait we swallow
Security
How wrong we are!
Security
The bait we swallow
Security
He's gonna knock
Three times
At my back door
He's gonna knock
Three times
At my back door
And I know
That it's him
Won't you please come in
Oh welcome in
The Refugee
Good evening
How do you do
Good evening
Stranger
How do you do
And I know
You need a rest
Won't you be my guest
Oh welcome be
The Refugee
Oh Mama
Whatcha gonna
Cook for supper
Oh Mama
Whatcha gonna
Cook for supper
Make it good
Make it square
He can have my share
Welcome be
The Refugee
Oh brother
You ain't gonna
Ask in vain
Oh brother
You ain't gonna
Ask in vain
Cause I know
You're alone
Won't you feel at home
Oh welcome be
We got somethin' we both know and we don't talk too much about it
Ain't no real big secret, all the same, somehow we get around it
Now listen, it don't really matter to me baby
You believe what you want to believe
You don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some
Why you wanna lay there, revel in your abandon
Honey, it don't make no difference to me baby
Everybody has to fight to be free, you see
You don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
No you don't have to live like a refugee
(Dont have to live like a refugee)
Baby we ain't the first
I'm sure a lot of other lovers been burned
Right now it ain't real to you
It's one of those things you gotta feel to be true
Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some
Who knows maybe you were kidnapped, tied up, taken away and held for ransom
Honey, it don't make no difference to me baby
Everybody has to fight to be free, you see
You don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
No you don't have to live like a refugee
(Dont have to live like a refugee)
No you don't have to live like a refugee
Oh oh oh
No you don't have to live like a refugee