First of all, there isn't a single typical experience, but I will give a couple of examples.
We have friends and colleagues who've been born as refugees. Their parents fled, and then they were born in camps. If I may, I will read a quote from one of our Global Pluralism Award laureates—Trésor Mpauni, who is in the Dzaleka refugee camp in Malawi. He is a refugee from Congo. He's now been in Malawi.... I met him six years ago. He'd been displaced for 14 years. He's now been displaced for 20. He reminds us that:
Refugees are more than just “refugees.” They are doctors, engineers, architects, teachers, artists, dreamers, entrepreneurs, and ambitious people with much to contribute when given the chance. What distinguishes them is their heroic courage and unshakable resilience....
I use Trésor as an example because—