Research Paper On Syrian Refugees

Refugees are people who are forced to leave their home due to war, or natural disasters and try to start over by fleeing to a new country.Refugees are going through a lot, fleeing their homes, and having their lives turned inside out. For lots of families who are fleeing their country due to war or a natural disaster, it’s hard for them to adapt to their new lifestyle, learning a new language, new education, and bullies. Fleeing to America gives the refugees a fresh start in life, helps them to start over and more opportunities than they had in the country they fled from. “Children of War” “My graduation is next year, so I have to think about college...America is giving us a better future than we could have in Bosnia”(Brice-26).

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).

Tears have filled my eyes as I am writing this paper. Words cannot express how disable I feel toward these innocent refugees. I have visited Syria once. I have seen how beautiful it is. I have met its people. I have never seen more generous people than Syrians. Also, I am a refugee myself and I know exactly what it feel like to be one. As a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon, I have lived a miserable life without any human rights. Only when I have moved to the United States the condition has changed. As a human being, I am respected here. I am valued and treated equally to others. I never want anybody to be in the same shoes I have been in. They do not deserve what is happening to them. All they are asking for is freedom and they have the full right to have it. All they are protesting for is a life free of Mukhabarat and people spying for

I am writing this letter to you because I believe that the Syrian Refugee Crisis needs to be added to the grade ten Canadian History Since World War One course.

A refugee is a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, or persecution. Recently there are many debates going on, whether the United States should allow Syrian refugees to come into America or not. At the same time, there is a civil war in Syria between the government led by Bashar al-Assad and the rebels. As a result, there are thousands of Syrian refugees, without homes because of the civil war, attempting to flee the country and avoid both the conflict and ISIS. There are many States in America that don’t want to allow Syrian refugees to come into the America, because according to them they think that Syrian refugees can cause a potential security threat to them or maybe members of ISIS can enter into the

The ERLC website notes that the Syrian refugee crisis is the worst since World War II, with more than 13.5 million people affected. Over four million have migrated to other countries as refugees, where they live in dingy and unhygienic living conditions. Millions of children have left their education, which makes them vulnerable to early marriage and child labor, and might have long-time repercussions on their lives as well.

Refugees are innocent human beings who have been forced to escape their homes. As they face mental, physical and emotional trauma, they face and confront astounding obstacles during their escape from their corrupted country.

In 1886 the French gave America the Statue of Liberty, Lady Liberty’s light and ever since then been a welcoming sight for people fleeing their oppressive countries, but with the growing influx of immigrants into America, the process for acceptance into the country has become stricter and the American people have become anxious about allowing more people in due to the fear of terrorism. The country of Syria has been locked in a Civil War since 2011, threatening the lives of the almost 22 million people that lived there. Since the war began Syrians have fled by the millions out of the country, reducing the population to 18 million residents. The majority of these refugees have sought

Australia has let Syrian refugees into their country and would allow only 12,000 refugees. Australia has immigrated around 13,750 Syrian refugees into our country and have provided help to them. As Syrian refugees have moved into the Australian country, some feel welcome and see a bright future. 5% of Syrian refugees feel unwelcome in Australia, 28% feel welcomed most of the time and 52% feel welcome in Australia. As far as safety goes, 74% of refugees felt safe in Australia, and 56% say their children are living happily in the country. Syrians who moved to Australia feel better to have settled here than staying in Syria. Some Syrians have dealt with discrimination but most of the Syrian population are treated fairly.

Allowing tens of thousands of Muslim refugees to enter the United States could compromise the security of Christians in the country, according to renowned evangelist Franklin Graham.

Her family’s home was attacked and turned to rubble. Just as her town’s people were massacred. This small girl has seen fighter planes, artillery, and missiles. Nights that are spent trying to forget her brother and sister’s death, become reminders as she listens to bombs falling. Danger is everywhere in her life. Shahad is in the midst of a war zone. A four year old’s days should be filled with laughter, instead Shahad fears for her life. Her mother may be their physically but the trauma has taken her mentally. Part of her family is dead, and her remaining family is fighting just to survive one day at a time. The trauma Shahad has lived through will haunt her for the remainder of her life. She will most likely experience post traumatic stress disorder, which will never let her mind rest. Her thoughts will always be in fight or flight mode if she is lucky enough to keep fighting with her family to survive (UNHCR). So much has been busy stolen from this child and the United States should offer Shahad and her family relief. Her past and current situation may be horrific but Americans can give her a future. Shahad is not the only one and her story is just a glimpse into the refugees’

Refugees and immigrants can struggle with one of the key factors in adaptation, which is language. Not knowing the language can make everyday life in their new country extremely difficult. One example is Til Gurung and his wife. They are refugees from Bhutan, and had an especially hard time with learning the language. Ha, from Inside Out and Back Again, by Thanhha Lai, also had a rough time with learning the new language. She struggled with trying to balance her old life and new life, and with that came the language challenge. Refugees and immigrants, such as Ha and Til Gurung, are troubled by not knowing the language of their new country, until they learn the language, and can successfully adapt to their new society.

Thousands of refugees travel illegally through the Mediterranean Sea. Traveling by sea has high risks that includes illnesses and death. In fact, more than 3,800 people have drowned or suffocated when crossing the Mediterranean on overcrowded boats.

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