Because of the mental heartbreak and stress that they have experienced, children are at a high risk of developing emotional problems. Health issues are very common among refugee children, and are most affected in the process of moving to refugee camps because of the separated anxiety from their parents or guardians and also the constant sight of death. “ I have many bad memories that I will never erase from my brain, but witnessing how the River Gilo gulped Sudanese underneath to their death will always prevail”(Deng,Deng,Ajak 137).In the novel, They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky, ten year old Benson Dang witnesses a genocide of his own people:
“Bang! Bang! Bang! Bullets flew from the Ethiopian side to our side of the river. My heart pounded at the crying and shooting. Thousands of people flowed into the river and disappeared like water poured into the sand of the Sahara. So many bodies filled the river people were walking across them without touching a single drop of water”.(Deng,Deng,Ajak