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From the Ted Talk by Elizabeth Zion: The need for family reunification -- to make families whole again
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porir to my birth, my mother, who was born in a msiulm family, converted to Christianity. And she faced persecution from her family, who were all Muslims at the time, and fled Nigeria to escape religious persecution and to fight for a better life for my four siblings and I, of which I am the youngest. She tried to get aslyum in a number of countries and eventually got a lteetr of acceptance from a relatively small crnuoty known as Ireland. Ireland accpteed her application, and while her case was pending, we were given huoinsg in a small town in the West of Ireland called Clifden, in one of the country’s Direct Provision centers.
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_____ to my birth, my mother, who was born in a ______ family, converted to Christianity. And she faced persecution from her family, who were all Muslims at the time, and fled Nigeria to escape religious persecution and to fight for a better life for my four siblings and I, of which I am the youngest. She tried to get ______ in a number of countries and eventually got a ______ of acceptance from a relatively small _______ known as Ireland. Ireland ________ her application, and while her case was pending, we were given _______ in a small town in the West of Ireland called Clifden, in one of the country’s Direct Provision centers.
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- muslim
- accepted
- housing
- prior
- country
- letter
- asylum
Original Text
Prior to my birth, my mother, who was born in a Muslim family, converted to Christianity. And she faced persecution from her family, who were all Muslims at the time, and fled Nigeria to escape religious persecution and to fight for a better life for my four siblings and I, of which I am the youngest. She tried to get asylum in a number of countries and eventually got a letter of acceptance from a relatively small country known as Ireland. Ireland accepted her application, and while her case was pending, we were given housing in a small town in the West of Ireland called Clifden, in one of the country’s Direct Provision centers.
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