What is Syria? Syria is a country located in the middle-east, and is the main source of refugees that are spreading across the world today. I’ve done a lot of research over the past few weeks over the Syrian refugee crisis. I’ve found the Al-Assad family has led Syria for over 46 years. Hafiz Al-Assad led from 1971-2000, and then Bashar Al-Assad from 2000 to present day. I also discovered that in 2011 many neighboring Middle Eastern countries had revolutions, over throwing their ruthless dictatorships. The Assad’s during this time refused to step down from their place as rulers of Syria, thus creating a civil war. Among this civil war was different ethnicities and religious groups fighting each other to get right to lead. ISIS who is a Muslim …show more content…
However a lot of countries in the Persian Gulf such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Uae, and Oman have taken no Syrian refugees. This has been looked down upon throughout the world as disgraceful. Many of the camps that the neighboring countries of Syria are keeping the refugees in are almost as bad of a condition as their homeland. While there is no killings, bombings, and war in these camps, there is however disease, little food, little water, and poor shelter. The reason for this is because the UN and the World Food Program were nowhere near prepared to take care of all of these people. The refugees decided that they have had enough and started to flee to other European nations. Greece was taking an influx of refugees but where also in the midst of an economic crisis. The Greek’s had no way to help all the people that where arriving, thus making the conditions almost exactly like the camps. This was enough for some European countries such as Germany, who are set to take in 800,000 refugees in 2015. This was an immense amount because the entire European Union took in only 626,000 in …show more content…
A few of these pictures have some controversy behind them so let’s discuss that. In the West support for the refugees is starting to get more and more attention. Citizens are starting to donate food, money, and clothes to refugees throughout the Middle East and Europe. Most people ask why the West doesn’t take in mass amounts of refugees, which can be boiled down into four reasons. Fear of Muslim country, High birthrates, crime and violence, and the fear of the collapse of the social systems. Let’s take these four reasons and make some facts. The Muslim problem wouldn’t even be an issue in the European world. If the European Union took in 100% of the refugees and they were 100% Muslim, the percentages of the Muslim minority would only rise by one percent. High birthrates is another false thing to worry about. While it is true that Muslim people usually have more children than the average European home, the birth rates for Syria before the civil war where at an all-time low with it still declining. Studies also show that the birth rate decays with the level of living rising and
The first is the sectarian conflict. The sectarian conflict was a conflict dealing with the race and religion of the sects. The two sects are Islam and Muslim. The conflict went nowhere because it is self perpetuating. The rate of casualties is too high, making it hard to tell how many people have been killed. This is partly caused by the death of civilians, which is 30% of the casualties. Also, there are people that are being forced to leave from their homes because of their government and just war in their area. The Sunni are dominating the other force, but are also hurting civilians, and the alawite heavy regime are holding up to them, but they are getting hurt
We need to take what we have learned from World War II and apply it to our current situation. There are 4.3 million Syrian refugees and 6.6 million Syrians that are displaced within Syria. This is the greatest amount of refugees the world has seen since World War II. Alexander Betts, Director of Oxford’s refugee center, said “nations have locked down their borders, crammed refugees into transit camps, and said they won't take in Muslims, creating alarming echoes of the past for WWII historians and Holocaust
During the month of October, Canada’s political scene was very busy due to the 2015 federal election held on the 19th. Throughout the previous months, the public held great interest towards the campaigns of each party as well as their platforms in order to choose the party that the public wanted as the new government of Canada. In the campaigns, a major topic that was included in every party’s plan was the Syrian refugee crisis that is currently an issue in many countries around the globe. This crisis has taken the media by storm and is a concern for many citizens in Canada. As a country known to be peaceful and generous, many people would assume that Canada would be one of the first to step in and help those in need but that is not the case. The general population does not know that the current laws in place make becoming a refugee in Canada a long and unfair process. Acquiring refugee status in Canada, protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act, health care for refugees and the current stance of Canada in regards to the refugee crisis are all factors that the general public must be more aware about. The current laws regarding refugees of Canada must change.
The Syrian Refugee Crisis has grown to be the largest refugee crisis of modern history with two million Syrians who have fled and five million displaced still inside Syrian borders. (5) The refugee crisis is causing many economic issues in countries like Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, and others, scarcity in essential resources such as water, overcrowding, and also many social issues in countries where Syrians are taking refuge. Not only is The Syrian Refugee Crisis having a devastating impact on Syrians themselves, but it is also reaching out to hurt neighboring countries where the refugees are seeking shelter from the violence and unrest.
Syria is a very dangerous place for people to live during the war. In the article “Syria’s Secret Library” by Mike Thomson explains that in the four years that Syrian war has been going on 2,000 people mostly civilians have been killed (2). Thomson also explains that out of the 80,000 people that live in Darayya 8,000 have left but now no one is allowed to leave, so they are stuck in the war filled city (3). The Associated Press explains in “Refugee Tent Camp for Syrian Grows into a Busy Jordanian City” that the war between the Syrian government and rebels has been going on for 5 years and
The first twenty-five years of Syrian independence was filled with extreme political instability and p...
The three major causes of the crisis are war, racial discrimination, and religious persecution and which all result in refugees fleeing their home country. The victims of the refugee crisis can range from countries hosting refugees to the refugees themselves (Betts and Collier). The host countries, which are usually countries next to the origin countries for refugees, can face major economic and financial problems, with little to no help from international organizations, such as the United Nations. Refugees face a multitude of problems including prostitution, a lack of medical aid and medication, poor living conditions, little to no money, and many more hardships (Betts and Collier). The refugee crisis has caused the world to think about how to solve the issue, but no long-term solutions have been put in place by international organizations. Countries such as Canada, Venezuela, and Colombia have allowed large numbers of refugees into their borders, helping to relieve the pressure from current struggling host countries (Stone). Also, private organizations such as the Migrant Offshore Aid Station have helped raise donations for host countries and refugees (“How to Help”). Overall, the refugee crisis is such a dire issue because if not dealt with, future generations from years to come will face the
There are some issues, that our country has to solve. There are many that suffer from this and we must change it, that there will be less, that will have to suffer.That issue is that we're rejecting refugees from entering our country once again. Remember the Holocaust? Its many suffering Jewish refugees that wanted to go to America were rejected due to strict and harsh immigration laws, and now it's happening again with Syrians, which is also partly our fault. We once refused people who needed our help, even though it is partly our fault that they are suffering. In the story," The diary of Anne Frank" it taught me how terrible a war torn country can be, especially for the ones who are getting targeted by the enemies. Now it is happening in Syria and we once again are in the same predicament. It's only not just the U.S.A's responsibility to help Syria I also think it is also the other countries who are not involved with the civil war's responsibility to help the Syrian refugees, it's only humane to help others who
Still inside Syria, there are 7.6 million displaced by the chaos. These last, mainly Sunni Syrians, are especially vulnerable now that Russia, the main ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after Shia Iran, has stormed into Syria and targeted most of its air strikes on non-Isis rebels caught between the regime and the jihadis’ so-called Islamic State. Walid Jumblatt, Lebanese leader, says most of these internal refugees will be permanently displaced, as the war fractures Syria on ethno-sectarian demographic lines. Jumblatt says, “The 7-8 million displaced will never be able to return to their homes and villages”. “They have been ethnically cleansed.” (CNN) Asylum seekers and refugees are running out of places to flee. Many could swell the Syrian migration just as aid turns against refugees. Still others could be driven to seek refuge with Isis, in its self-declared caliphate. This requires a political solution. Without a resolution, the refugee numbers expand and the duration of exile lengthens. The hope withers and refugees become frantic. At the same time, a gradual disproportionate weight arises to many developing countries that continue to host the majority of the world’s refugees. A solution to alleviate the burden on less developed host countries is for more developed nations to take some of the most vulnerable
We are facing a refugee crisis of a magnitude that has not been seen since world war two, presenting the world with countless challenges and a dichotomy of decisions. Images of Syrians fleeing their homes and taking treacherous journeys in search of safety in Europe have dominated the news, as levels of global displacement have escalated. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has estimated that 1 in every 113 people globally are now either, asylum-seekers, internally displaced people or refugees, facing the challenges of starvation, abduction, violence and obtaining admission into a protected country. Coincidentally, these statistics indicate that one person in this room today would fit this situation.
The European Union has never been one to welcome immigrants with open arms. When Syrian refugees starting fleeing to different countries, Hungarians immediately attempted to fence off the flow of Syrians. They proceeded to close off Keleti station in Budapest
The refugee crisis has become an increasing issue throughout the world with the most predominant migrants being Syrians.
From this website I can see that the UK in 2015 had 117.234 refugees living here. This website also shows different questions and answers which helps us to understand what the refugee crisis is all about. Further on in this website, The UNCHR (The United Nations Refugee Action) have said that presently there are 3.6 million Syrian refugees that have moved to the UK through the UNCHR scheme. A quote from the website states “The vast majority of people who come to the UK have fled countries ravaged by war and human rights abuse”. I believe that the above source is credible because it mentions statistics that have come from The United
As German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated, “If Europe fails on the question of refugees, then it won’t be the Europe we wished for”. The Washington Post and the BBC News both wrote articles focused on the refugee crisis, but they both differ on how they approach the subject. The Washington Post’s article focused on five possible solutions to the refugee crisis, and the pros and cons of each possible solution. These solutions included doing nothing, establishing quotas for each country for the amount of refugees they must accept, taking military action against human traffickers, resettling refugees directly from and around Syria, and final solution bringing peace to Syria, Afghanistan, and the other surrounding states.
In the last few weeks there has been stories of lives lost, sacrificed and risked all in the immigration of mass quantities of refugees into Europe. In the middle East countries such as Syria, Damascus, and northern parts of Iraq. There has been a mass shift in the population of Syria as many Syrians wish to escape the conflict and flee into Europe countries like Germany, Hungry, and the UK. In the media, much of the news coverage has been on the refugees ' stories. Germany has been overrun with the flooding of refugees. Countries are thought to accept them with open arms are countries that are a part of the UN have an “obligation” to give asylum to the refugees. “According to the European Union, almost 150,00 Syrian refugees have declared political asylum in the European Union since the start of the current conflict in Syria, the majority in Germany and Sweden” ( European University Institute). The media portrays these Syrian and all immigrants ' stories to be harsh and cruel. The show graphic images of how the refugees risk their life to come to a better country. One without conflict and war. An example of the graphic stories covered is the one of a Syrian boy that was found washed ashore. “Aylan Kurdi, a Syrian Kurd from Kobani, a town near the Turkish border that has witnessed months of heavy fighting between the Islamic St...