Jessica Lo

Opinions in Dialogue: The intricacies of immigration

By: Vanessa Martínez, SFU Student and Jessica Lo, SFU Student Content warning: mentions of death and child neglect. Editor’s note: The authors in this piece both use a pseudonym to protect the privacy of their families.  Immigrants and refugees are often thought of as being happy and thankful for the opportunity to move to another country for a better life. Less spoken about, however, are the times people are forced to migrate due conditions in their homelands, and are often forbidden from grieving their past lives without judgement.  Vanessa: My parents moved to Canada largely due to the unfolding economic…

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