...America, the land of the free and the home of the brave, a place where people can get out of bed every morning and not worry about anyone harming them. However, not many people on this Earth have this glorious gift, in fact they live in a world much different, one in which no one wants to save them from. Ever since March 15th of 2011, the Middle Eastern country of Syria has been devastated by a bloody civil war among it’s people. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have lost their lives in this war, merely getting caught in the crossfire for most cases. Most Syrian refugees who are in this crisis are trying to flee from Syria to other countries to escape the warfare. Others believe that it is too much hassle to open their borders to them and...
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...amongst Syrian refugees who are trying to escape a hostile environment they once called their homeland. Have you ever wondered where approximately half the population of Syrian refugees escaped to? According to (worldvision.org) “more than 700,000 Syrian refugees and other migrants risked their lives to travel to Europe.” Many of those migrated to places in the middle-east, and places in Europe; such as Germany, a place of peace and a country who welcomed these refugees to its motherland. What are all these Syrian refugees running from? The answer is a war. Hundreds and thousands of men, women, and children are all fleeing the Syrian civil war that...
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...and desperate to leave the country. In Syria, half of the school-age children are not able to get an education. They are prevented from going to school because of the fighting in their country. Many European countries are actively supporting Syrian refugees by giving money and providing shelter. Syrian refugees are fleeing their homeland and traveling across Europe because of civil war, while many people are wondering why other rich countries, like Japan, are not supporting this global issue....
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...There is no motivation as a Syrian to wake-up every morning with fear and that death would come any time soon because these Syrian refugees are fleeting through so much cultural difficulties. However, some difficulties would be described as international problems based on their different culture, religion and language as to others in the world. Therefore these challenges on the Syrians could also build the negative connotation the Islamic nations are a dangerous stereotype to other countries, and order than language barriers, they probably have other challenges as being denying them homeless from internal crisis. Problem from home town. Although these Syrian refugees are suffering from their brothers and political leaders framed, within their...
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...Refugee Crisis 4 million refugees have left their homes from ISIS threats and the government. Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Martin O’Malley both agree that American needs to step up, take more action, and take more refugees in. So far, America has taken in 0.03% of these refugees, which are only 1,500 people. The International Refugee Committee wants the U.S. to take in 65,000 refugees. Compared to Germany who took in around 800,000 refugees, the U.S has not taken a lot in. Many countries have to adjust resources and other necessities for the incoming refugees. If the Syrian civil war continues to grind on and ISIS continues expanding across the Middle East, refugees will continue flooding in camps and other countries. The U.S. and their allies are in a tough position in this situation. Calls on Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian President, to discuss peace with fighters have demonstrated to be overall ineffective. Military...
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...Why I Chose This Topic I chose this topic because it directly relates to me. I’m a Syrian refugee living in the United States. In recent days, I have not been following the Syrian refugee problem, so I want to update myself on the situation. I also chose this topic because refugees are one of the biggest problems in the world. There are many people that are misplaced in the world. There are 18 million Syrians that are all misplaced. This also a good topic to write about because not many people are educated about this. This problem is one of the most underestimated problems. Not many people know how it feels to be a refugee. It hurts to know that your country is not safe. It’s a tough life to live, and no one deserves to go through this pain. By writing about this I hope people will speak out more about the issue, and do something to help towards solving this problem....
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...When entering Germany, Mrs. Merkel told the refugees that they would welcome the new comers with open arms. Instead they only got barbed wire fences, riot police, and an aggressive public that didn’t want them here. The refugees even ask why she couldn’t have just said no from the beginning, instead of just dragging them here to put them through more pain. The refugees in Germany are not the only ones that hate Mrs. Merkel; refugees in Serbia also have hatred for Mrs. Merkel. Many of the war refugees heard her call and came rushing to Germany only to find filthy conditions trapped by barbed wire fences and surrounded with law enforcement. Thousands of people were left in these filthy conditions and some got worse than that. The refugees that came to Europe were faced with startling a completely different reality that what they were told. As well as them expecting...
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...strip of bean fields, salvage yards, and empty storefronts, turned into a vibrant, bustling community by the Vietnamese refugees. Tran news article also is support with many other accounts from...
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...Migration Research Paper Name of Institution Name of Student Introduction Global economy as well as how society relates is greatly influenced by migration. Throughout history migration has facilitated human interaction which has led to the spread and advancement of humanity as a whole. Migration facilitates the movement of labour, the transfer of ideas, diffusion of new technology and interaction of various cultures. It is therefore important to understand the trends in migration and the factors causing migration. Migration trends also need to be understood in terms of the characteristics of immigrating groups. In so doing the cause behind the migration of these groups becomes evident. This research tackles the factors causing immigration whilst paying special attention to the role played by government policy and state action. This is mainly because emigration and immigration have, over the years, become state affairs transcending the personal requirements of individuals. Countries have adopted strict laws, policies and protocols that guide the emigration and immigration processes. The paper established a deep correlation between these laws, policies and protocols and the migration patterns. This was after analysis of available migration statistics as well as government policy and state action. The latter was found to have a rooted influence on the former either directly or indirectly. In the direct influence, government policy presents a push or pull factor that necessitated...
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...violence and corruption, we are also living in a world of refugees. According to the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees: a refugee is a person who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of their nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail him/herself of the protection of that country (Refugee, 2008). The current crisis of refugees around the world is overlooked by average, first world citizens every day. The topic of refugees, besides bringing up obvious issues of human rights, also involves numerous other global issues and raises countless questions. In this paper, we will discuss issues revolving around the history of refugees, refugee warehousing and its alternatives, as well as three individual case studies of current refugee crises around the world and how they connect to other global issues. Refugees were first defined and acknowledged as a legal group in the aftermath of World War II, due to the vast number of people fleeing Eastern Europe (Refugee, 2008). While it is clearly impossible to account for all of the world’s refugees, when this estimate is combined with the staggering number of world wide internally displaced persons (IDPs), or “people forced to flee their homes but who, unlike refugees, remain within their country's borders” (Internally Displaced...
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...Living with prejudice - xenophobia and race CINDY WARNER and GILLIAN FINCHILESCU report on a study conducted with a group of refugees in Cape Town through which they explore the ways in which refugees experience xenophobia, and how they explain it The contemporary anxiety about the perceived flood of illegal immigrants is well documented. A 1997 survey conducted by the Southern African Migration Project found that South Africans showed the highest level of opposition to immigration in any country where comparable questions have been asked (Mattes, 1999). The hostility towards foreigners living in South Africa has translated into extreme acts of xenophobic violence. In 2000 and 2001, Amnesty International’s annual online reports on South Africa singled out attacks and ill treatment of asylumseekers and suspected illegal immigrants as a major source of concern. The 2001 report also recounts reports of abuses of undocumented migrants and asylum-seekers. These included unlawfully prolonged detentions, poor conditions and beatings of detainees by guards at Lindela Repatriation Centre, assaults by police officers involved in the arrest of suspected illegal immigrants, and arbitrary and verbally abusive conduct towards asylum-seekers by Department of Home Affairs officials (Amnesty International, 2001). Xenophobia is defined by the Merriam Webster Dictionary as ‘fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners or of what is strange or foreign’ (Mish, 1997). The literal meaning of the word suggests...
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...Migration in Afghanistan 1. Introduction Afghanistan is home to the largest refugee crises experienced since the inception of the UNHCR. Decades of war have led millions to flee their homes and seek refuge in the neighboring countries of Pakistan and Iran, and for those who were able, further abroad. The number of refugees spiked in 1990 at 6.2 million. They began to decrease in 1992 with the fall of the government, but began to increase again in 1996 with the rise of the Taliban. In 2002, with the fall of the Taliban and the US-led invasion, record numbers of Afghan refugees returned to Afghanistan. An international reconstruction and development initiative began to aid Afghans in rebuilding their country from decades of war. Reports indicate that change is occurring in Afghanistan, but the progress is slow. The Taliban have regained strength in the second half of this decade and insurgency and instability are rising. Afghanistan continues to be challenged by underdevelopment, lack of infrastructure, few employment opportunities, and widespread poverty. The slow pace of change has led Afghans to continue migrating in order to meet the needs of their families. Today refugee movements no longer characterize the primary source of Afghan migration. Migration in search of livelihoods is the primary reasons for migration and occurs through rural-urban migration in Afghanistan or circular migration patterns as Afghans cross into Pakistan and/or Iran. Afghans utilize their...
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...Uslu1 ------------------------------------------------- Human Trafficking in Egypt ------------------------------------------------- Human Rights Research Paper Sally Anne Corcoran ETHR 100 Sec2 Seren Seren Uslu 20130966 25.03.2014 Abstract Human trafficking is a widespread human rights violation in Middle-East mostly in Egypt. Despite the fact it is recognized and the consequences are harmful, state party fails to suspend traffickers and implement penalties, which will be dissuasive for a further violation. The violation will be examined in international instruments’ and victim’s point of view. Uslu2 Ancient Egypt is one of the most rooted civilizations in Middle East by its 7.000 years history and it has reigned under powerful sovereigns whom founded more than 10 empires such...
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...The purpose of the research is to discuss possible security threat across the borders happened due to the ethnic conflict of Myanmar. In this era of globalization, internal factors of a state can produce some external impacts on other neighboring countries; which is commonly known as a “spillover effects” in political science. Some cases even become so much critical to solve, that the whole continent become affected by the problem. The impact of that ethnic conflict becomes so vulnerable, that the case has not been concealed nationally but also become an international phenomenon. In my case, the problem has become a huge threat to national and international security system. The hypothesis of the paper is to conducting possible security threat across the borders, particularly in the whole south-Asian region. The ethnic violence in Myanmar has some direct impact on social, political and economic processes at national and international levels. In fact, the conflict can result not only in destabilizing the trade and security of Myanmar, but also of the surrounding states. But my concern is focusing the ongoing security issue inside and across borders due to that conflict. That’s why, I think this is a very urgent matter to study and its totally connected with the problem of IR. (Koser 2005, pp- 12) International communities could not able to present perfect legislation or implement new constitution for that particular case so far in order to address the problem of security threat...
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...part of academic institutions in the global context which creates interest in the field of academic English teaching (Charles & Pecorari, 2016, p.20). This report will present four annotated bibliographies dealing with issues in English for academic purposes. Annotated Bibliographies Coxhead, A. (2000). A New Academic Wordlist. TESOL Quarterly 34(2), 213-230. The purpose of the author in this paper is to help teachers and students of academic English by providing them with a ready list for reference at a tertiary level, that is, at the time of self-study. In this study, the author has attempted to come up with a method that can help to derive a vocabulary specific to academic English, an academic word list (AWL), based on large corpus of words. In doing this, the author consulted a...
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