Recent events have caused an increase in the number of people wishing to move to the European country. Migrants from Afghanistan, Iraq, and other war-torn regions moved to more prosperous lands to find protection and hope for the future. There is no reliable data on how many people arrived in Germany and how many received legal status or were sent back. The refugee camp is a large area surrounded by a fence, which can only be entered with a special pass. Each person who arrives at the base is provided with meals for the entire period of stay. All residents of the camp can use medical services as needed. A significant part of the adaptation process is the assistance of public organizations. In addition to international organizations such as the Red Cross, Caritas, and others, local community foundations successfully operate in Germany. For example, the state-owned Deutsche Bahn organization (railway) gives a few hundred vacancies directly to refugees (Al Masri, 2021). Despite modest living conditions, refugees receive the necessary assistance, protection, and guidance in adjusting to a new place of residence.
Trains of Misery describes a significantly different process during the Great Depression era. Latin America was hit hard by the Great Depression of the 1930s, which spread after the US Wall Street stock market crash in 1929. Thousands of Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans wanted to leave the States due to a lack of work and a hazardous situation based on national strife. This situation differs as it affects the process of repatriation to the homeland. The Great Depression did not affect Mexico like Chile, Peru, and Brazil, but returning Mexicans faced the same housing and food concerns they had to solve themselves (Gutiérrez, 2020). The current movement of safeguarding immigrants and refugees is a more competent and thoughtful approach. The value of human life has grown markedly, and the general globalization of the world sets a standard for universal humanism.
References
Al Masri, F., Müller, M., Nebl, J. 2021. “Quality of Life among Syrian Refugees in Germany: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study.” Archives of Public Health 79, 213. Web.
Gutiérrez, L. D. 2020. “Trains of Misery: Repatriate Voices and Responses in Northern Mexico during the Great Depression.” Journal of American Ethnic History 39, no. 4: 13–26. Web.