a huge hug to every person who feels bad, even if not on the subject. Be strong. I love you

5:03 Everyone seems to forget this important fact.

I’m a refugee from South Sudan 🇸🇸. My mum was pregnant with me and was running from the war in Sudan. I don’t know how she survived. We live in a refugee camp in Uganda 🇺🇬 (where I was born) for many years. We now live in New Zealand 🇳🇿. We’ve been here for almost 10 years and are afraid to go back home due to war, though my mum has been back for funerals.

:c Humans are cruel. I found out my great grandfather was a refugee, who fled alone from the civil war in china as a young child. They gunned down those that did not return and attempted to enter after refusing them entry. He was one of the lucky ones who successfully made it. I can't imagine what it's like to be alone, witness such horrors as a young child, and still find the strength and desire to survive, but I think that refugees have been through enough and do not need anymore suffering after their escape.

This video is unbiased. Its shameful that it got many dislike.

although i myself am not a refugee, my family are vietnamese boat people and although i know i will not know how hard my mom and her brother's lives were i appreciate how much they do for me and my sister despite their many troubles traveling here

Lets let all the refugees in look how well and safe France and Germany are doing

My grandfather and his family were lucky to escape Cuba when they did. Each kid left at 15 and had to care for themselves, living on their own for 16 years. They had to rebuild their lives from scratch, going from the top 10% of Cubans to the slums. They worked as hard as they did back home and my grandfather is an anesthesiologist. He could retire, but refuses do his grandkids will have fully paid college tuition. He doesn't want us to go through what he did. He is my hero.

This video touches me deeply. My boyfriend is at refugee from Vietnam. He tells me stories of his earliest memories of his family leaving his birthplace in Veitnam and being transported to America. When he camr to the states he was suffering malnutrition (which effects his body today), changing his name and being disconnected from his culture and language when moving here. We as humans need to have empathy and compassion for refugees. Imagine being forced from the place you grew up and being placed into a culture that isnt your own? especially being displaced in a country that is in war with our own country....

I'm a Kurd, and this video made me cry...! :/

As a Syrian-Egyptian-American vlogger I feel like my Arab heritage makes me feel somehow closer to some of the many refugees our world unfortunately has. Syrian refugees and all refugees really need to be given notice. I hope that I can bring light to this topic through my vlogs very soon.

Always remember to put urself in the position of others before speaking , acting or deciding ! Also rembember that even though strangers from other countries seems dangerous , there are 100x More dangerous people in ur country , running the system that spread sadness and pain all around the globe ! Don t eat the propaganda , be smart and most of all be kind with people !

Is this a KZfaq comment section or a Nazi Reunion?

Let's just for a moment forget everything and become united as a human! Humanity above everything...

This video has been desperately needed for a long time. My fear is that I have seen little change in attitude towards this issue, and even less widely accessible information (of the statistic kind) to help people make if not right, but informed decisions on the topic. This is a humanitarian crisis, and we can't just leave it as a vague debate. I hope this video goes viral.

I just want to say that the animations are EPIC , may ALLAH ease the pain of refugees great job Ted

A few Notable refugees: Sergey Brin - Founder of Google Max Born - Discovered Quantum mechanics Albert Einstein - Theory of relativity Enrico Fermi - creator of first nuclear reactor Hans Krebs - discovered cell respiration Sigmund Freud - discovered psychoanalysis Claud Levi-strauss - founded structural anthropology

amazing video, I don't even want to read any comments, because I lost faith in humanity.

my grandparents endured this pain during India Pakistan partition,,, heard many heart broken stories of that time from them they were eye witness of.

omg you wrote refugee in the title internet trolls incoming 😲 _____________ I deleted some comments below, because they were disgusting. I am sorry if you cannot follow the conversation properly anymore

In response to the Refugee Crisis in Syria, I once heard someone claim that "if someone offered you a grape, and you knew that, out of that whole bunch, one of them was poisoned, it would make sense not to eat the grapes." See, the problem with that statement is that you're justifying human cruelty by turning living, breathing people into grapes, something you can throw away without consequence or remorse. So how about this, much more realistic analogy instead? Let's say someone offered you a bunch of grapes, and, out of a bunch numbering in the hundreds of thousands, one of them was poisoned. But let's say that for every grape you eat that isn't poisoned, someone else gets to live. Someone else gets to escape a life of poverty, disease, and destitution. A family man. A wife. A child. Someone you've never met, and someone who you may never meet, but who needs you at this moment more than anyone else probably ever will to eat a single grape. Would it still be reasonable to refuse? Perhaps. But what ticks me off is a person who does that and claims that they're trying to make their country "Great" again. No. Just no. You cannot make a nation 'great' on the basis of cowardice. As an American, my nation has been accused of many things, but the one thing I thought we'd never allow ourselves to be thought of is a nation of cowards, hiding behind border walls and our own, delusional sense of isolationist exclusionism. What happened to us? We happened to the home of the brave? How did the huddled masses yearning to breathe free become our enemies?

I feel like as time goes on, everyone will gradually experience the state of being refugees.

Thanks ted ed for showing the dark life of refugee . The vedio made me cry. I only pray to God that no human have to live like these and every refugee will able to get home back or able to start a new life with peace. Love and respect to every refugee.

Omg I cried so hard. Here in greece we have waaay too many refugees and brakes my heart to see them like that :(

Even when us refugees arrive to the new country, we're never safe from the fear and possibilty we could get harmed or even killed for who we are... I constantly wish I could go back home and breath in the fresh air and inhale the smell of my cultures food, but I can't and I'd be grateful just to own something from my home, as I've lost it all :(

refuges are human and have the right live in peace, they have nothing to do with war and are only innocent. You people just think your so smart for desliking, you would not be able to live one day in the same situation as them and don't lie to yourself you talk Syrian refuges are bad, buy never talked to them. I hope people will stop being scared of others .

My grandmother was/is a refugee. She was born in Ladoga Karelia, at the time of her birth part of Finland, today russian. Due to the winter war she was forced to leave her homeland as a young girl :c Today she is a lovely and happy old lady who on the surface has no hint of being a refugee...

My family flee out of Saudi Arabia to the northern Jordanian mountens about 400 years ago because of a flood.

You don't know what it means to be stateless and have no rights at all.

OMG I never thought about caring about refugees before but this makes me want to move them into my own house because my own ancestors were slaves so I can't imagine how sad they must feel to have to leave everything they know behind 😢

DAMN THANKS FOR RUINING MY DAY, COMMENTS SECTION

I really though Ted's community was really cool and open minded, but some of you don't have empathy with other's people suffering

I urge you to not read comment section. Opinions are depressing!

omg. A fucking ted video where they talk about definitions and what a refugee is. Wait...they are talking about refugees and don't immediately share my political opinion. Better give it a dislike.

My family and I were refugees. I'm glad my parents were able to make it to America when I was a toddler. 🙂

So beautiful the way it shows how empathy is not just a virtue, but also gratitude for the help our ancestors have had so we could be here.

I am from Myanmar 🇲🇲. My country went another military coup in February 2021 and my people are going through bloodshed to get the democracy we receive. The military has lied about our votes and they are greedy. I have gone through the protests here and have seen the brutality from the military. #savemyanmar

My heart is broken in million pieces. We must do something, change something. Why is our society base on hate, selfisness and prejudices? Why cann't we recognize that we are all made from the same bones, same blood and dreams?

This hurts so bad. Just imagine loosing everything you have, your home, your relatives, the feeling of being home ... This is awful, we must not forget that it could happen to anyone and that refugees were living just like us before something shattered their lives apart. There is no one that we should help more than them, and I really wish I could see more refugees in my country, they're always welcome.

What a beautifully done video... TED has some of the most amazing artists.

That moment when people take the comment section of an educational video aimed at school age children on KZfaq and turn it into a far-right political forum.

Great animation. Gives the video a stark feeling

Brilliant video,it's pretty clear how much thought and work are put in these videos.Thank you.

As long as my parents or grandparents know our ancestors had been living in the lands we live in. I would never know how a refugee would feel but I wish to empathise with them. Because being forced out of their own lands is one of the most horrible things to experience.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO TED. I loved TED-Ed before this video, but now I just cannot expres how much I admire them. Thank you, really, this kind of knowledge is so needed too...

I wish to see the accounts of those people that dislike these videos. Make that a feature.

it means to be hungry, cold, terrified, traumatized, homeless, lonely and borken, and above all of that, hated.

My grandmother's father was a refugee who fled from Lahore during the Partition...My grandmother was born in Lahore!

this is too sad :( I wish refugees the best of luck and to stay safe :)

When I see the guy at 5:06 all I can think about is Benedict Cumberbatch

I am a descendant of Pontic Greek refugees. My great grandparents from my father's side, fled from the Ottoman Empire in 1919 (maybe).

Last line is really mind blowing.

can I just say that I love the animation of this video; it conveys so well the grim truth of the subject.

the warnings made me curious to read the comments further. ruined my day.

Bruh what is the name of the song y’all used for the background Becuase it hit different

When you need to watch this for social studies and it doesn’t work on your computer and the teacher tells you to go on your phone and watch it

I only came here to see what the like/dislike ration was.

On April 19, 1775 America found themselves in a similar situation mentioned in this video and we fought back and defended our freedom and well being.

This is depressing, anyone reading this lets give gratitude that we are not forced to leave our homes & let us try to be accepting and helpful to those needing us

Came to watch this video because my teachers told me to take notes ... but damn this ain't no joke it's a serious matter

Amazing video! I got emotional after watching it. The music is amazingly well chosen. Could you tell me what is the name of the song on the background?

Thank you also to mega-talented Tom Petty for warning us all in so many words about becoming refugees in our lives and world by tolerating injustice against ourselves and others! #ArtistsLead

I love this video. Currently I live in europe and those issues are always controvery. Now, I can get it better than before to understand their circumstances

I will never understand why people are so mean to each other at the end of the day we are all human

In here a lot of comments about how there all young men who aren't actually refugees, even though I don't completely agree there ALL youngmen who are not refugees, I do think the children should be the main priority especially children who have lost their family

I'm amazed at the lack of humanity in the comment section

Yes, in fact, everyone is refugee. I have notice that my great-great-grandfather is not a civilian in my hometown, but escape from my capital city. Thousands of belongings were sold or discard. He only bought his wife and 4 children, some food and water, with no transportation or identity. Although when they reach the hometown, there is nothing for them to rely on or start a new busniess, they still live well, and have future generation. Just respect and treat other well.

Um bom vídeo. Obrigada por compartilhar !!

You would think that the group of people that watched TED Talks would be a group of intellectuals, but then you read these comments.

Thanks for this great video. An English question: Is it correct to say that" So what happens when someone flees their country?"

to the guys who are disliking the video before watching it, can you just watch it first? you might not agree with it, but looking through another person's point of view won't hurt you.

Woohoo! Thank you for including captioning on release!

I am an Indian - my grandfather had to flee from Lahore at the time of Partition (when India and Pakistan gained independance from the British). Difficult to imagine what he must have gone through at the time, when he was forced to leave his everything behind!

You watching this Ted video from your Iphone or Ipad is invented by Steve Jobs who is also SYRIAN.

wow brilliant looking video. I love the use of light boxes.

just like me fr 💀 -sphs when giving us this project to work on

😭😭 so who is in bed right now tryin to control his / her emotion

It Makes Me So Sick To Think There's People Out There, Human Beings That Are Being Discriminated Against Simply Because They Were Fleeing War And Hatred..... Violence Is Never The Answer To Our Problems..... When Will We Learn That We're ALL Refugees? We All Migrated From Africa (Our Original Homeland) And Spread Out All Over The World.... We're All More Closely Related To Each Other Then You Actually Think....

My family fled from the civil war in Myanmar (Southeast Asia) since 1970s to 1995s and again 1996s, and they emigrated to Thailand after fleeing from war and leaving everything behind. We’re currently living in the United States and we have been living here for almost 10th years now.

Huh, the animation in this one was done by TED-Ed itself? How does that work?

If only we can trade half of the KZfaq comment section for an equivalent amount of refugees - you could probably resolve the crisis.

The people in the comments are a reminder of why being a refugee is so horrible. Even when you escape the war and persecution for being different from your old home, you face new hate and persecution for being different in your new one.

This is one of the best Ted-ed I have seen.

Thank you so much for this video!

Very well done video, it made me cry a bit

THANKS GOD I SURVIVE THE SEA REFUGEES I WAS SOOO CLOSE TO DIE BUT I STILL IN LIFE BUT MY PARENTS IS DEAD ;-; 🇮🇶

Thank you for this great work.

what happen to our brain and body when we feel the food is tasteless everytime?plz explain

0:50 This is for a class thing just ignore it

I love this video and I really hope that it reaches people that can dp something because it will definitely change lives. I have been a refugee for the past 18 years so the country I live in is the only home I have ever known . my family and I have always faced discrimination and there is no clear distinction between migrants and refugees so we have been denied many resettlement opportunities. I hope the the message of this video will be able to be spread.

The art in the video is simply exquisite!!

When my mom was younger she lived with her sisters and my great grandparents In Myanmar, there were often war there so one day they fled to Thailand that is where they lived. My mom found my dad they had me In Thailand 🇹🇭 and we moved to the United States and living here with my brother and sister. ❤

I just finished a report on refugees, this came a weak to late😂

Very recently a syrian guy in Germany told me his story, how he was taken and tortured by syrian police forces for being on the street with a friend and two other people, released with the order to enlist in assads army, and fight for the hated dictator who surpressed his family for years fled through turkey, where they were basically told to f*** of, spent much of their families money to get on a boat to greece, which capsized in the mediteranean and nearly drowned his friend. Overcrowded camps in Greece, where he had to sleep in the open as they didn't even have enough tents, walking nearly one thousand miles through all those hate filled states, that basically just hand refugees up to hungary, where they weren't allowed to move further, still having to sleep in the open, and finally put into a train by police, through Austria into Germany... ...And then there are a**holes in Germany who have never known pain, hunger, or having to sleep in the open, whose biggest drama in life is probably the death of the family dog and who have nothing better to do than shout at him to go home, and that he is unwelcome, and that all refugees should "traditionally" be gassed, while he is walking to his German school... My faith in humanity has finally vanished this year...

Being a refugee is harsh, its true. But refugee render difficult to people at country who accept them is true as well

To everyone who decided to watch this video and share their criticism please feel free to leave your opinions to your self, from the beginning this is an educational video its not meant to cover everything nor to please your self egotistic understanding, take what ever bits of information and knowledge that you can and leave it at that. there is no need to judge others when you lack the knowledge and experience to argue. THANK YOU

😕😟😟 Im trapped inbetween, I have a small safe zone Ive lost every important thing in and out of my life. No home, cannot be with wife and child despite our relationship into marriage of 10 years. Cannot get to the small biological family i have of my own mother and/or sister. Its isolation at its worst. Very near to my breaking point as my wife has to deal with people that shes around *"Where is your husband?"* people would ask my wife. *"Your husband must've abandoned you."* people would assume and say to my wife. *Despite* Me and my wife having amazing love for another, as our child is A representation of our love. However our marriage had a long history, with many difficult challenges and making a home. Which we successfully had done. The worst if this, is my wife and half of my life has been in another nation, 12,100km from birthplace *(opposite side of where One is from)* And now, just myself. Eating and walking to a certain point. But I've been unsuccessful returning home to my wife ~and~ returning to a family's home. neither I am unable to do. Because of politics of a few. And I'm supposed to just quiletly accept that without reason?

great job ted ed spreading this knowledge...and the animation oh the animation is a sad story itself..i dont understand how can ppl find errors relating to such a flawless vid..theres nothing to argue..if we are not forced out of our homes and are safe in our homes it isnt something we deserve its a privilege and we should pay it forward. Period

The music is beautiful

I think that refugees have positive impact to economy. Refugees have been employed in the areas which the local people doesn't prefer working so they meet the manpower deficit in the brench of industry unqualified labor