What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award.
Valentino Achak Deng was in danger in Sudan.
You aren't a refugee and seek residence in another country without being in danger. I happen to know there was a war going on in Sudan at the time he fled.