...Current Event Syrian Refugee Crisis The Syrian refugee crisis has become the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today. Currently, more than 12 million people are affected by the ongoing conflict happening in Syria. For the sake of comparison, the amount of people affected by both hurricane Katrina and the Haiti Earthquake, only totals to 5.2 million people (World Vision staff, 2015). These tragedies both hail in comparison to what his happening in Syria today. Ethical Issue The current ethical issue being discussed in our society today, is whether or not we should allow Syrian refugees into the United States. There are strong proponents to each side of the debate, each with their own ideals as to what is the best course of action. The line seems to drawn between what is best for our own nation, and what is best for humanity overall. After the recent tragic attacks in Paris, more than half a dozen U.S. State governors have publically stated that they will not allow Syrian refugees into their state. This includes Governor Snyder of Michigan. Texas Governor, Greg Abbott, wrote in a letter signed to President Obama, “as governor of Texas, I write to inform you that the State of Texas will not accept any refugees from Syria in the wake of the deadly terrorist attack in Paris” (Millhiser, 2015). Louisiana State Governor, Bobby Jindal, went as far as to issue an executive order stating, “departments, budget units, agencies, offices, entities, and officers of the executive...
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...ash. This is what many Syrian refugees are facing in today's time. They want to be let into the U.S. to escape this terror, but they cannot be let in. This is also what many Jews were interfering to escape in the Holocaust by heading onto a ship named the St. Louis. They were also denied entry into many places because these places couldn't house them. The Syrian refugees and the Jews have many similarities and differences. One similarity is that both sides are fleeing their homes to seek hope and escape the devastation. The article, "Jews' Tale Plays Out Again, as Syrian Refugees Find Resistance to U.S. entry," states, "During World War 3, the U.S. put strict limits on refugees fleeing Europe. These limits were influenced by anti-Semitism, prejudice against the Jewish people." Moreover, this proves to the reader that when the Jews were trying to come into the U.S. but they said no because many people believed they wanted to do harm. The same thing is happening against the Syrians in today's world. One difference between the Jews and Syrians is that the Syrians are fleeing because their homes are now destroyed while the Jews...
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...still has everybody on edge about refugees. Throughout the world a large portion of people are debating on whether or not to accept these people who have been torn from their homes. Several states are denying them for safety precautions. while others are taking them in. Syrian refugees could possible do more good than harm to the United States in many aspects such as overcoming cultural boundaries, defeating ISIS, and improving economics. Accepting Syrian refugees can cause Americans to be more accepting of the Muslim culture. The process of acculturation will occur in many refugees making their behavior resemble those of Americans but they may keep most of their culture and morals intact. According to To Assimilate or to Acculturate when this happens the refugees will began to “fit in” and others around them will began to accept their differences. “The chance of a being killed by a refugee terrorist in the US is one in 3.64 billion.” (The Independent) Once Americans can realize that they aren’t in any immediate danger by the Syrian...
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...Due to the civil war occurring in Syria that started in 2011, the world has witnessed one of the largest refugee crisis with over 4 million Syrians seeking asylum in other countries and over 12 million Syrians have been displaced from their homes. Refugee camps were unprepared with having refugees of this scale causing the camps to be severely crowded and undersupplied. These conditions generate stress for the refugees since they would start to believe the situation will not improve thus having the mental health of the Syrians at risk to deteriorate. The research report of International Medical Corps showed the mental health of Syrians located in refugee camps and in Syria are already suffering from disorders such as severe emotional, behavioral,...
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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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...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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...rebel groups. These rebel groups want him out of office. Syrian citizens are caught in a war zone 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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...Syrian Refugees; Why Canada Should Accept Them The sympathetic nervous system controls a function in your body known as the fight or flight response; associated with seeing a bear or being scared by a friend, the response then, within milliseconds, decides, whether or not to stay and fight, or run and escape the danger. We can see this on a global scale through current events today; imagine a place where democracy was stripped from one's hands, the government responded to peaceful protests with open firing and forcing millions out of their homes, would one's natural instinct be fight or flight? This is the complicated reality that many Syrians face, as they experience these tragedies in their civil war. Syrians who decide to flee rather than stay have unfortunately been extremely limited in their escape as many areas have restricted the number of refugees they will accept. The crisis calls upon great nations such as Canada to comfort the...
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...Every time the news is turned on I can’t help but wonder where humanity has gone. Right now politics is in full movement and one of the biggest controversies talked about is whether or not to let Syrian Refugees into America and more oppose to it then not and that’s where I wonder what has happened to humanity? Syrian Refugees are fleeing for safety every day. Terrorist groups such as Isis are taking Syrian Refugees homes from them but there is no reason they should be able to keep the refugees from finding new ones. Syrian Refugees just like any person deserves a home and a safe place to be. Other countries such as France is showing that they are strong enough to overcome the fear they have and remain true to their values America needs to...
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...The Syrian refugees are leaving their country to go to Denmark. In Denmark, the people forced refugees to give up valuables under proposed asylum law. This law is fair for these many reasons. The refugees get good benefits from Denmark. In other words, refugees don’t have to pay for their items. It’s free to them. Since it’s not necessary to keep useless items, the government only let them keep their valuable items. Also, it’s safe to be in Denmark than staying in Syria, where ISIS wrecked their area. The first fair answer is not paying for anything. Refugees do not need to worry about bills, payment for clothes, food, or education. They have it all covered. Denmark is nice enough to do all these nice things for them. They...
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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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...security benefit from the so called 'Muslim Ban'. In fact, no immigrant from the seven nations has been involved in a terrorist attack resulting in the death of citizens in the United States. The executive order also begins a fundamental shift in American refugee policy. All refugee admissions has come to a halt for one-hundred and twenty days, while the admissions of Syrian refugees are held indefinitely. The order mentions that in the near future refugees will only be admitted from countries that have sufficient safeguards in place to “ensure the security and welfare of the United States”....
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...Sharmine Sokataly Tuesday, 10th November 2015 INTL 2200 Op-Ed: Syrian refugees should be welcomed in the Gulf The Gulf countries – particularly Saudi Arabia – have been much involved Syria’s conflict; secretly funding the rebel groups against Assad. And now, are there no funds left to help the millions of displaced inhabitants of Syria due to this war? Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain are in the top 20 countries with the highest GDP per capita. They are Arab, they speak Arabic, all have a similar culture to Syria, and are all predominantly Sunni. Assimilation issues would be very low compared to other countries such as in the West, where most of them are migrating to. Why is the Gulf doing nothing to help them? It’s time for the US to pressure them and get them to start receiving Syrian refugees. Saudi Arabia would benefit from taking in refugees as it would increase their currently small work force, and the country is already used to having immigrants, who make up 30% of the population. The demographics of the country will soon cause issues as the population is quickly ageing, and the country needs more workers in the lower class. Additionally, there are has been an ongoing Sunni vs. Shia war for a long time, hence Saudi’s involvement in Syria against Assad and Iran. If they value the Sunnis that much, the first thing they should do is protect the Sunni-majority population of Syria and bring them to their country to favor their side. If Assad is removed...
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...We are designing a Refugee Welcome Center in the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. It is particularly fitting to address the worst humanitarian crisis since the end of World War II and provides a unique opportunity to focus on humanitarian architecture. While traveling in Greece we saw Syrian refugees in Athens, and have been reading about them pouring into Greece. Seeing this first-hand, combined with the economic collapse that is threatening Greece, I have developed a more mature view of the world. I have been introduced to a big world that I have never been a part of before exploring on the Island of Aegina, and traveling to Greece, Croatia, The Netherlands, England, Italy and France: my love of architecture has...
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