The Syrian Refugee Crisis: The Syrian Refugee Crisis

The Syrian Refugee Crisis
The Syrian refugee crisis is one of the largest crises of the twenty-first century. The crisis has built up a great deal of momentum over the last four years. In turn this has resulted in angst amongst many nations of the world, including the United States. The issue seems to have grown in complexity resulting in tension between nations such as Russia and the United States. Conflicting points of view are making efforts to aid the refugees formidable. The issue arose when citizens of Syria became unhappy with their government and its lack of economic and political reform initiatives (Sharwood 1). The conflict, seemingly simple and resolvable, has now evolved into a full blown civil war with a death toll reaching “well

Some feel as if America “has its own problems” (Davidson 1) while others feel that there remains an imminent threat if quotas for refugees are to be raised. Presidential hopeful and well known politician Marco Rubio was “worried about terrorist infiltrators who might sneak in” (Davidson 1). Another candidate for the upcoming 2015 presidency, Ted Cruz, said “refugees were better off in places closer to Syria” (Davidson 1). It seems to be the general consensus that citizens of Syria are not necessarily welcomed to the United States but are not turned away either. There has been talk of other nations around the globe briefly discussing the possibility of allowing more Syrians refuge but no further action has been confirmed. Another argument for the opposition of Syrian refugee entrance is that the growing number of refugees seeking asylum, also known as refuge or sanctuary, has now become increasingly difficult to accommodate. David M. Herszenhorn, reporter for The New York Times, has said “pleas for more aggressive American-led rescue measure seem all the more futile given the failures to reach a consensus on the country’s own immigration problems, made vivid in the simmering debate over policing the border with Mexico and calls by a leading Republican presidential candidate to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants.” Stewart Patrick, “expert

Many countries such as the United States are believed to have become “paralyzed” by the issue (Davidson 1). The complexity of the crisis remains the key factor in the prolonged civil war between the government of Syria and rebel forces. Both advocates and those who oppose allowance of Syrian refugees into the U.S. have valid arguments and highlight many issues and areas of concern. In the future, the possibility that a huge wave of Syrian refugees will find entrance to the U.S. whether allowed or not (Ignatieff 1) is very real. Thus, the outlook of the crisis remains that until some outside force makes a great enough effort to end the war or a treaty can be enacted, millions of refugees will remain displaced and in need of