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Syrian Refugee And Its Economic Impact

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Syrian Refugee and its Economic Impact According to BBC News, in March 2011, uprisings first took place in the city of Deraa in South Syria, and then the government suppressed those protesters by arms, which turned the protest violent and led to a nationwide civil war. By September 2016, CNN News reported 4.8 million refugees and 400,000 deaths of Syrian citizens. Most of the refugees are women and children, and they need to find new living places and settle down. To help the humanitarian crisis, President Obama admitted 10,000 Syrian refugees to enter the United Status and provided them legal status. From our humanity, helping those homeless people is our responsibility, but it is not always positive and may causes profoundly harmful effect. However, the admission of refugees may have a huge, negative impact on the U.S. economy, including damaging the labor market and enlarging the government budget deficit. Firstly, the influx of Syrian refugees largely increases the competition of employment in the host community and decreases the average income of low skilled workers. Alex Nowresteh, an immigration policy analyst, reported that Syrian refugees in the United Status have low levels of education, with only 9.3% who have a technical or college diploma. When refugees enter into the American labor market, they will compete with local low skilled employees. Because those refugees receive lower income than local people, businesses tend to hire more refugees, thereby

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