Alan Kurdi: Refugee Problems

Saul’s article recognizes that the Syrian refugee crisis exists amidst citizen sponsorship, Aboriginal judgement, and disorder within EU countries’ immigrant policies. According to Saul, democracy in Canadian politics grants citizenship to immigrants without any obstacles. Canada’s immigration policies are transparent because they are balanced with civic participation. Saul thinks that multiculturalism is a forceful catalyst towards establishing equality and integrity for the refugees. In the first point, Saul does not agree that refugees should be privately sponsored and assisted by the government. In the second point, Saul indicates that Canada’s national identity is the product of the encounter between the Aboriginals and European settlers, which has resulted in citizenship. By entering the Inuit circle, immigrants can establish themselves as a strong unit not by having roots outside Canada, but by living with Canadian intellect. The immigrants should mold to nature because this is the way the Aboriginals have defined their understandings of life. As Sifton has noted, “the … government … made presentations … to potential immigrants, presenting beautiful images of the Rocky Mountains and thriving settled farmland” (475). In the last point, Saul comments on the European prejudices that are

On September of 2015, the image of 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi went viral. “The toddler’s lifeless body on a Turkish beach had reverberated across the globe” (Parkinson & George-Cosh, 2015). Aylan’s family had “fled the brutal civil war in their native Syria and only attempted the boat crossing after Canada denied their application of admission as refugees. The image led to an astonishing outpouring of support for Syrian refugees” (Hein & Niazi, 2016).

We are currently living a globalized world, which means that people have virtually unlimited access to every country in the world. This naturally creates more traveling and immigration to foreign countries. Although Finland isn’t at the top of any tourists list, we do accept a moderately respectable amount of refugees to our homeland.

In the final draft I will expand on each of the issues, by looking into more specific examples of both what different European countries are doing policy wise, as well as what the sentiment is among the refugees in the different areas of Europe. To fully be able to understand the conditions the refugees are facing I will be using other scholars ethnography work; One of those works being Katerina Rozakou’s piece regarding the management of refugees in Greece. As a result of that knowledge I will be able to come to an accurate conclusion as to what course of action should be taken in Europe as a whole, to deal with this ongoing

A current issue on the minds and agendas of the international community is the Syrian Refugee Crisis. The situation has only escalated since its start in 2011, and as the number of displaced Syrians reaches over 9 million, countries around the world, not just the ones in the Middle East, are increasing efforts to offer asylum and aid for these people. The Syrian Refugee Crisis began with peaceful anti-government protests in March of 2011, but after the violent response of the government, rebels, army defectors, and many civilians formed the Free Syrian Army by July of the same year (Mercy Corps, Sept 2nd, 2015). The presence of ISIS within Syria and the differing views of religious groups (namely Sunni and Shiite) in the country only add to the chaos of destruction of the country and the Syrian people’s lives and homes. With the constant state of war within the country, basic necessities like food, water, and shelter have become scarce and Syrian people are looking to find new homes of stability and safety. The large majority of Syrians have fled to the neighboring countries of Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, and Turkey. However the burden of harboring these refugees has put huge stress on the countries as the sheer number of people entering the country becomes too much to handle. Today one in five people living in Lebanon is a Syrian refugee (Mercy Corps, Sept 2nd, 2015). With the neighboring countries already beyond capacity, Syrians are looking for shelter in places outside this

Accepting refugees in Europe has become a highly controversial problem in the past few months. Without a doubt, a large number of lives could be saved due to this ethical action; however, there has been a significant rise in protesting refugees. We should consider carefully the advantages and disadvantages of such a substantial

Even with the ten thousand refugees that the Obama Administration has committed to taking in, the United States is at the bottom to the totem pole when it comes to its refugee admissions. This is shameful when you consider the United States overwhelming capacity to absorb Syrian refugees. While Syrian immigrants only makes up for about .01% of our population, in much smaller countries such as Tukey they make up around 5%. According to the United Nations, Turkey has taken in an estimated 2.2 million, Lebanon 1.1 million, and Jordan six hundred and thirty thousand (John

In this policy paper, I will be focusing on refugees and the laws, policies, and programs that affect them. As I analyze these policies I will compare policies from various countries, that have been created to achieve similar goals. Many countries accept refugees and have adopted and/or created laws to regulate them. The three countries that I will be analyzing are the United States of America, Germany, and Turkey. These three countries are unique in their characteristics and geographic locations but all face the same risks and circumstances as it relates to refugees.

Many refugees, like Ha have to face challenges like bullying and discrimination that make them feel inside out. In the book Inside Out and Back Again. Ha gets harassed at school, “...She should be a pancake. She has a pancake face” (Lai 196). The evidence connects because the kids at Ha’s school call her names like pancake face and they make her feel unwanted there.

Imagine your house and your life burning, and your family all running in sheer, blind panic. You need to escape, to find shelter; yet when you do eventually toll hard and long to find salvation, they turn you away. This is what it feels like to be a Syrian Refugee. Right now, the Syrian Refugee Crisis is a global phenomena that continues to affect the lives of an enormous number of people. This comes at a time when immigration from country to country is a very controversial topic, and solutions need to be found in order to help the Syrian people. Despite a growing need for immigration reform, Syrian refugees, Muslims particularly, are being denied rights by many European countries, (like the Netherlands, Hungary, and Turkey); their rights to

This issue was chosen due to its scope. The Syrian refugee crisis is among a list of issues that will not only shape the world in 2016 but also dominate news outlets in upcoming years. Because of the despairing situation, many governments are struggling to find ways to handle the rush of individuals seeking asylum, for the fact that it seems the crisis is worsening. In addition, the media coverage on the topic sparked my interest and led me to research information because I had no idea what was occurring and the detriment of the issue.

A refugee is defined as an individual who has been forced to leave their country due to political or religious reasons, or due to threat of war or violence. There were 19.5 million refugees worldwide at the end of 2014, 14.4 million under the mandate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), around 2.9 million more than in 2013. The other 5.1 million Palestinian refugees are registered with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). With the displacement of so many people, it is difficult to find countries willing to accept all the refugees. There are over 125 different countries that currently host refugees, and with this commitment comes the responsibility of ensuring these refugees have access to

Since 2011, Syria has been engaged in a Civil War with protestors against the government and members of the extremist group ISIS, and approximately 7.6 million people have been displaced from their homes (usnews.com 2015). As the conflict destroys more homes and livelihoods each year, an increasing number of civilians have been forced to leave Syria and try to find safety elsewhere. Already a contentious issue, the Syrian refugee crisis has awakened tensions, both economic and social as debate erupts over what to do with the refugees.In response to the crisis, while some countries like Germany have pledged to help the refugees, (New Statesman 2015 1) only 2,340 have been admitted. Clearly, more needs to be done in order to help the refugees. Although there are economic and population concerns to be considered, the humanitarian conflict that faces the refugees and solutions already available are reason enough for Europe to increase the numbers of Syrian refugees allowed in.

The failure of the EU to respond to the refugee crisis with a durable and sustainable burden-sharing mechanism has led states to adopt increasingly restrictive asylum policies ultimately aimed at the deterrence of asylum applicants, rather than their protection. The results have been a race to the bottom in protection standards for asylum seekers and refugees. National asylum policies assume that Member States have an interest to contribute to refugee protection and burden-sharing mechanisms. EU cooperation at the supranational level is therefore required to ensure a balance of efforts between Member States in their asylum policies. Furthermore, the national implementation of the Dublin system is dependent on domestic political will. The Dublin Regulation discourages Southern Member States from improving their standards on reception and procedures for asylum seekers due to their geographical location and lack of mandatory burden-sharing mechanisms, and thus threatens the aim of CEAS. The Dublin system privileges EU countries in the North, which is the desired destination of many refugees, at the expense of the South, where refugees first arrive and are forced to remain until their application is processed, which is a timely process in itself. Geographic location and length of borders place a disproportionate burden of refugees on the EU’s border states. The issues that the Dublin Regulation poses has prompted the reintroduction of internal border control and checks, as seen

Latvia did not have any experience receiving or integrating refugees from other parts of the world before refugee’s crisis in Europe. At this moment, in Latvia the number of refugees is 776. Unfortunately, the society’s attitude towards refugees is negative in Latvia, if Latvia could- they would not take any more refugees, however, because Latvia is in EU- Latvia has received an quota- 1,29% of refugees and Latvia needs to give them