Essay On Syrian Refugees Crisis

Countries across the world are scrambling to help the situation and develop policies around it. Canada is among those countries. Canada has begun accepting thousands of displaced refugees, with more to come. We have also been sending aid and relief funds to countries who have been greatly impacted by the influx of refugees. It is not just the governments helping refugees. NGO’s, communities, charities, organizations and citizens have provided a lot of support for refugees. Canada has not only brought refugees under our roof, but a lot of funding has been sent to countries and organizations who are most directly impacted by the Syrian war and refugees.

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).

Somebody that is forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster is a refugee. There are over 2.3 million Syrian refugees and of those, 45 of them made their home in the united states. In years to come the U.S. will be bringing in more refugees. Most of these refugees do not have any bad intentions when coming to the U.S., but are just looking for a home so they can start to rebuild their life. In order to be brought in, refugees must first go through a security screening.

Additionally, the expansion of Canada’s Syrian refugee intake has grown by twenty-five thousand people within his term.

Everyday, people all over the world are removed from their homes and forced to leave. You could be pushed out of your house from a foreclosure, or pushed out of your country from an extremist. In society today, thousands upon thousands of people are fleeing to a new country they can call “home” and where they can feel safe. Among these people, a big majority are the Syrian people. The Syrian Refugee Crisis has been relevant for about four years since the start of the Syrian civil war that began in March 2011, and is comparable to the Native Americans being pushed from their home lands. The Syrian Refugee Crisis equates to the Trail of Tears because both Syrians and refugees alike were pushed out of their homes, they were both forced to find

As of October 2016, the number of people in or outside of the country of Syria who are in need of assistance is about 22 million. (“Quick Facts”) 30 liters of water per day is what is what some places with many Syrian refugees have to work with; the typical American uses ten times that amount. (“Quick Facts”)  In the fiscal year of 2016, America went over the set goal by President Barack Obama; of the Syrians that needed help 12,500 were given sanctuary.(Morello) This success proves that America is willing to work and that the Syrian refugees that are in need can be sanctioned effectively and given

The consequences of the conflict on outside nations has been tremendous. The Syrian Civil War has led to arguably the worst humanitarian crisis since World War 2, and although the plight of refugees through Europe is highly publicised, the number of refugees in Europe only accounts for 10% of the total number displaced across the world. The majority of Syrian refugees currently reside in neighbouring such as Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. The economic and social strain on these countries is immense, and the issue of aid and refugee resettlement has become a polarising issue in all countries which have offered/are discussing whether to take in refugees and resettle them. In fact, In Turkey alone, there are around 2,700,000 registered refugees in various camps and throughout the country. Turkey has also given $8,000,000,000 in aid to the cause. The situation is particularly bad in Jordan where almost 650,00 registered refugees reside. A Jordanian census conducted in 2015 showed that there were twice as many refugees as first thought, meaning that half were unregistered. The wave of refugees into

Due to the recent crises caused by the conflict in Syria, more than four million refugees have fled that region of the

Refugees will be angry we didn't keep our promise. Refugees will start to think that Canada is not the place to immigrate to.

Syria is a country that has been in the news the past couple of years due to the ongoing conflicts in the region. The most recent issue pertaining to this country is its citizens. Many people have been leaving the region due to the ongoing conflict in fear for their lives. These individuals have fled to neighbouring countries as well as internationally. They are leaving the country and seeking asylum in other countries as refugees, including Canada. For this paper we will focus on the refugee process within

For example, only 1,800 Syrian refugees have been admitted into the United States since the civil war in Syria began, and these refugees have been placed in 35 different states. These numbers are considerably less admitted compared to countries such as Germany whom as admitted 38,500 refugees, and that of Canada who has admitted 36,300 refugees since 2013. As of a most recent poll taken as of September 2015, the United States of America has admitted another 1,682 refugees. According to author Margaret Talev (2015) she states that most Americans want the United States to stop letting in Syrian refugees due to amid fears of terrorist infiltrations after the Paris attacks. She states that these findings are based off of a Bloomberg Politics national poll that also shows that the nation is divided on whether or not to send troops into Syria to fight the Islamic

There are endless opportunities awaiting for them here in Canada. Canada holds not only a safe environment for Syrians and their families, but gives them a chance to rebuild their lives, start over and achieve the lifestyle all of us strive to live. This country gives them an opportunity of success, we have offered funding to help them begin a new life and more importantly peace of mind knowing they will not be attacked.We are all equal regardless our skin colour, gender or what we believe in. The people that say “not our country, not our problem” is what I believe to be just plain ignorance. The Syrians coming here are screened ensuring we know they are safe and willing to work. Streets covered with bodies for pavement is no environment any human being should have to suffer in. I feel that the people who believe that Syrians should not be welcomed here should really consider whether these innocent people deserve the chance to share the privilege of living in

The Syrian refugee crisis has received massive media coverage. People around the world are trying to comprehend the desperate, complicated situation surrounding Syria. The civil war in Syria is the worst crisis in our time. Syrians upset at the fact that long promised reforms have not been enacted, began anti-government demonstrations which started the civil war in 2011. The peaceful protests turned ugly, with the government violently putting an end to those protests. Afterward, ordinary citizens took arms, causing the situation to escalate. Syrians are fleeing their homes because of the great violence, which have left thousands dead and millions wounded, a collapsed infrastructure, resulting in a shattered economy, and for the safety of the children. Syrians are either streaming to surrounding countries or risking their lives to travel to Europe.

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.