A refugee by definition is a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. Currently, in our world, there is a war in Syria. The people in this country are having their homes destroyed and watching their family and friends die. There is a crisis going on because they're attempting to leave their country and find a safe place to live. The problem is that other countries aren't allowing them to enter. The same thing happened to the jews during WWII. Many countries didn't accept the Jews integrating into their society. Many Jews died from the Jewish refugee crisis. Should we let the same thing happen today with the Syrian refugee crisis? The US needs to open the borders to the Syrian
Can you imagine that your little town is being attacked or even a natural disaster may be occurring and you have nowhere to go? What would you do? How would you survive? You would have to flee your home away from the tragic disaster. You would have no place to call home and all you would have is the clothes on your back. Some in the process of leaving their town never get to see their family again and are lucky if they survive. This is why I believe that refugees should be allowed into the United States under certain conditions. These include having a positive background, being eligible for a job and respecting our nation as well as the people in it. As the US turns refugees away, thousands of lives are being taken away. We could easily help them by taking them into our country. Although some people that enter the country may commit crimes, that doesn’t mean we should turn all of them away. It would cause way more harm than good. Most crimes that happen in the United States are caused by the people that are US citizens rather than the refugees. All of these innocent lives are just being taken away and as many Americans sit back and do nothing about it. When we could be out there saving lives. Our country has to step in and do something about this serious situation. There are solutions we could use to solve these problems by making sure all people that enter this country are good at heart. Outside of very few exceptions our country is mainly made up of refugees and
According to UNHCR, a refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war, or violence. A refugee has a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group. Most likely, they cannot return home or are afraid to do so. War and ethnic, tribal and religious violence are leading causes of refugees fleeing their countries. When people flee their own country, and seek sanctuary in another country, they apply for asylum – the right to be recognized as a refugee and receive legal protection and material assistance. An asylum seeker must demonstrate that his or her fear of persecution in his or her home country is
Words used everyday by our media and our highest politicians. We hear it uttered with condescension and tainted by fear.[b] But essentially ‘asylum seekers, refugees, boat people’ is what will determine our country's federal election. But many people in this room may not actually know what these 3 phrases really mean[c]. Are these people that seeking a better life, trying to be free and do what’s best for their families. Similarly maybe even searching for health care and resources, perhaps even fleeing from persecution or something else that is out of their control.
Shortly after the end of World War 2 and the founding of the United Nations, the UN General Assembly recorded thirty rights all people should have. Ranging from employment, to health and wellbeing, to family and education, the majority of countries give their people these rights. But no government is perfect, as all countries skip a few of these rights in their laws, even the United States. If someone had no knowledge about the last few years and they took a quick look at a newspaper or a news channel, the world may seem peaceful, but this is far from the truth. For the last few years, war has driven millions of people from their home countries and the US refuses to grant many of these people asylum.
Last September, four year old Shahad was found in the rubble of a bombing site in Western Syria. Seven of her family members were killed in the incident.Now in a Lebanese refugee camp, Shahad and her remaining family members are struggling to survive. These are the families that the United States has the potential to help. The potential to let into our country. The potential to offer these types of families a proper education, because we, unlike them, have enough resources. We should let the Syrian refugees into our country.
Refugees are people who are forced to flee a country because of persecution or because of serious human rights abuses. Refugees can help with things like the economy and by letting in refugees we can prove to Isis that we are not scared of them. Although it can be unsafe trusting machines to detect anything wrong, we are letting in families that need help, not singular people that are just looking for a place to live. Should refugees be allowed to come into a country that is peaceful and safe?
There has been a lot of controversy over the past few months with regards to allowing Syrian refugees to settle in the United States or not. Although there are many reasons as to why people don’t want the refugees to settle in the states, the reasons as to why we should outnumber them. Everyone’s opinions are different, but the main one that people seem to agree with is our safety. Everyone seems to be thinking about the safety of our country, but what about the safety of Syrian refugees? Syrian refugees should be given a chance at a better life and the only way to do that is for the United States to help out.
As of right now, the situation between the U.S, and Syria is anything but peaceful and suitable for Syrians. Just recently, the U.S president, Donald Trump, just launched a bomb in Syria, destroying many buildings, businesses, and homes for the citizens of Syria. With nowhere else to go other than other third-world countries like Jordan, Syrian refugees resulted in escape the war and mass destruction of their homeland, in pursuit of better life, a blank slate. Few hundreds to thousands traveled to Europe, and Asia, but great amounts of refugees are trying to migrate to the U.S. To many immigrants and refugees, the U.S seems to be the best option for them, in terms of better opportunities in life, work, etc. But many U.S citizens, and even higher powered individuals, such as Donald Trump, doesn’t want
All it takes is one foolish person to mess something up right? Donald Trump is carelessly getting rid of Syrian Refugees. Yet, a very intelligent man made this; “Your enemy is not the refugee. Your enemy is the one who made him a refugee.” This quote from Tariq Ramadan, an academic, philosopher, and a writer. What he’s saying is that refugees aren’t the problem, the people who made them a refugee. Refugees aren’t your enemy they are innocent people looking for a place to be safe. The purpose of this essay is to prove that Donald Trump is wrong about refugees and is spreading fake news.
Syrian refugees coming to America to escape prosecution in the middle east and the how hard it is for them to get in and live in America . According to last years article by the Homeland Security Committee, “More than four million Syrians refugees have fled the conflict zone in their home country, contributing to the largest global refugee crisis since World War II”(Homeland). The recent cause for so many syrians to migrate to america is to escape the conflict going on in their country. Since so many refugees are migrating to america and because of the recent wars and attacks people are having mixed feeling on letting them in. In a Homeland Security article “Warnings have been mounting that isis is focused on deploying operative to the was
America has always been known as the land of the free. Home to the brave, the strong, and the courageous. July 4, 1776 was when when our founding fathers declared America as an independent country. Since then, America has thrived to become one of the best civilizations known to man, and grew to be one of the most powerful countries in the world. America was not built on weakness, and fear, but rather the American Dream! The American values, ethics, and morals that we have built over the last centuries. For so many years, America has flourished in the face tragedies, and stood up to the things we feared. And now, when disaster is at our front door, nothing needs to change. The war in Syria has been a continuous threat to Syrian citizens, neighboring countries, and in many ways has affected the U.S. As Syrians flee from their country, they migrate to Europe, Turkey, and many other neighboring countries nearby. We as Americans should feel obligated to help Syrians, and welcome them freely into our country. As a nation built on immigrants
The Syrian War has been going on for several years. Many Sunni Muslims are being persecuted and consequently are forced to find a new home. More than 4.5 million Muslims have flown from Syria in the hope of finding a safer life. The question that the United States is forced to answer is whether or not they should let these refugees into the country. In the current state of the country, America should not let the Syrian refugees into the country because it will cause many issues with jobs, safety, and taxes for the United States.
“I had an opportunity to talk to many of the Syrian refugees and ask them, ‘What is your supreme desire?’ And it was pretty uniform: They want to go back home,” Carson said on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday. This quote was said by presidential candidate Ben Carson, and this quote really grabbed ahold of my attention. Here you have one presidential candidate supporting the refugees where others such as Donald Trump have views like these about the topic, "We have no idea who these people are, we are the worst when it comes to paperwork, this could be one of the great Trojan horses." My views on this touchy subject are that I really don’t see the point in denying innocent people access to our country; however, I do believe that our government should increase their knowledge of background checks and personal information of anybody who tries to enter this country as a refugee.
The uprising in Syria started in March 2011 and has quickly turned into a full-scale civil war. According to the United Nations, there’s an estimated more than 250,000 people have been killed throughout the revolution(Robins-Early). In addition, more than 4.2 millions of Syrian have become refugees according to the UNHCR. Since 2011, only 1500 Syrian refugees have been accepted into the United States. However, in early September, President Obama’s administration had announced that there will be at least 10,000 refugees entering the next year(Yan). The debate on whether Syrian refugees should be allowed to enter the U.S. is intensifying, although some people have said that it is not moral to refused refugees’ entering, many people have argued against it due to the safety concerns over the screening process, the panic and tensions that would create which lend to more xenophobic prejudices towards Muslims.
In 2011, the Syrian Civil War started. The Free Syrian Army is one side, fighting against Bashar Assad, the ruler of Syria, on the other side. From this conflict, more than four million people have fled their homes, becoming refugees and having few places to flee to for safety, the United States being somewhere only taking a little under 20,000. The United States should increase our acceptance for Syrian refugees because it will undermine ISIS recruitment, better the economy and help national security.