Youth homelessness: a personal story
Youth homelessness: a personal story
- Young people from refugee backgrounds are six times more likely to become homeless, which explains why, as a refugee woman under the age of 25, I was destined to be homeless. We live in a society that blames homeless people for their situation. It is as if people choose to live in situations where they have no control over their lives, where they are completely alienated from society and blamed for their dire situation.
- Young people from refugee backgrounds are six times more likely to become homeless, which explains why, as a refugee woman under the age of 25, I was destined to be homeless. We live in a society that blames homeless people for their situation. It is as if people choose to live in situations where they have no control over their lives, where they are completely alienated from society and blamed for their dire situation.