The Problem Of Natural Disasters

The year 2017 has seen a plethora of deadly disasters. Disasters, natural or man-made, are extremely disturbing events that cause hardship, suffering, injury, and death. A disaster can be detrimental to human societies and their way of life. Natural disasters, such as hurricanes, mudslides, and wild fires can cause everlasting changes to humanity, biomes, and the planet. Likewise, man-made events, such as war, terrorist attacks, or toxic spills can be just as damaging. One job of the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) is to insure that humanitarian aid is provided to relieve the pain and suffering caused by all types of disasters. In addition, saving lives by utilizing our resources is the main goal of the UN. Norman Borlag once stated, “The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind.” Therefore, the issues that will be addressed using the $50,000,000 plus anonymous contribution will involve providing humanitarian aid to disaster torn areas in order improve the standard of living and preserve human dignity. This is the most important dilemma facing the international community today.

Columbia, the world’s biggest multicultural nation by square kilometre, also holds the planets record for the largest population of the most internally displaced people. The actual number of internally displaced people is almost impossible to find as there are many organizations registering displaced people but none can agree on an actual figure. Nether less it has been estimated that up to 5 million people have been forced to flee their homes. These are devastating numbers, almost accounting for 10% of the population, and provide an immediate problem for the Columbian government and human rights organisations like 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. (UNHCR). The global refugee crisis has continued to grow steadily and significantly. There are currently 15.4 million refugees and 27.5 internally displaced people (International Organization for Migration, 2011a) Pre-migration circumstances can be extremely stressful for individual refugees who may have lost family members, homes, and livelihoods. In fact, -some research suggests that resettlement period is great challenging

Nowadays, with the same or worst, experiences that the Returnees, we have the Refugees from all over the world. Refugees are forced to leave their lives, their country in order to find safety, people being persecuted or in the middle of a war, have to seek protection in international law, and must not jeopardize their safety or their freedom. (UNHCR: the UN Refugee Agency, 2006)

The world is experiencing it’s “worst refugee crisis since World War II” (The Worst Crisis You’ve Never Heard Of). Refugees, along with having to leave their possessions and family behind in their usually war-torn or violent country, face many additional issues that are cause for the concern. Despite the United Nations’ best efforts, refugee camps are not equipped with the sufficient amount of food, medical care, and shelter for the thousands of people that pour into them everyday. With that in mind, many refugees are undernourished, sick, and generally hopeless. The continuing refugee crisis has also posed a unique issue for countries all around the world: not only does it bring about humanitarian concerns in individuals, but the ever-increasing flow of refugees cannot be kept up with and has the potential to harm other country’s economy and population. Similar refugee crises due to conflicts in countries like Palestine, Germany, Vietnam, Sudan, Afghanistan, Rwanda, and Myanmar have been handled, but recent displacements are even more difficult for countries to deal with. However, countries that accept refugees serve as examples for the best possible solution to the crisis: aiding refugees, not fearing them.

In the past few decades, natural disasters, like earthquakes, hurricanes, and tsunamis, have significantly affected more people in the world due to an increase in population size. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the world’s population grew from 2.5 billion to 6.3 billion since 1950, and increasing globalization has directly affected how these individuals are affected by the natural disasters that occur in their respective cities. The most important factor in the way these disasters affect individuals is how both local and national governments respond to them. Funding for reconstruction and security thinking is what provides the direst care for individuals who are forced to endure these natural disasters. Most commonly, it is women

We must manage the needs of refugees to help them escape their traumatic circumstances and to make a safe trip over to their new country. When they arrive they should be treated well and have safe and humane living conditions, housing and medical assistance. I chose this topic as I first started caring about the treatment and lives of refugees when I read the book ‘Boy Overboard’ in primary school (Gleitzman, 2002). A refugee is someone who flees their country for fear of persecution for political or religious beliefs, someone who has been displaced or fleeing from war and is seeking refuge elsewhere (Webster New World College Dictionary, 2010). In 2011 alone 895,000 individual applications for asylum or refugee status were submitted to the governments of 166 countries and only 11% of those were fulfilled (Do something, 2013). 80% of all refugees are in developing countries with Australia only having 20,010 asylum seekers in 2012 which is very small compared to international standards (Amnesty Internation,2014). At the end of 2014 however there were 19.5million refugees, around 2.9million more than 2013(UNHCR,2015).

We must manage the needs of refugees to help them escape their traumatic circumstances and to make a safe trip over to their new country. When they arrive they should be treated well and have safe and humane living conditions, housing and medical assistance. I chose this topic as I first started caring about the treatment and lives of refugees when I read the book ‘Boy Overboard’ in primary school (Gleitzman, 2002). A refugee is someone who flees their country for fear of persecution for political or religious beliefs, someone who has been displaced or fleeing from war and is seeking refuge elsewhere (Webster New World College Dictionary, 2010). In 2011 alone 895,000 individual applications for asylum or refugee status were submitted to the governments of 166 countries and only 11% of those were fulfilled (Do something, 2013). 80% of all refugees are in developing countries with Australia only having 20,010 asylum seekers in 2012 which is very small compared to international standards (Amnesty Internation,2014). At the end of 2014 however there were 19.5million refugees, around 2.9million more than 2013(UNHCR,2015).

It is said that the leading explanation of refugee migration is the negligence and violation of human rights. Considering the connection between the two, one can question the way a country or state defines what a refugee is. The extent of refugee law and human rights law speaks to the most unmistakable contrast between the two branches of universal law. While human rights are pertinent to each individual, the advantage of refugee status relies upon the recognition of a proposed classification of secured people. . In some cases, refugees are withheld or returned to where their lives, freedom and safety are vulnerable. Within the last two decades, the number of refugees in the world has increased seventy-five percent. If all of the refugees in the world were to make up their own country, the forcibly uprooted would make up the twenty-first largest country in the world. The latest increase in numbers derives from the conflict within the Syrian Arab republic, making up more than half the number of refugees in 2015. The United States has been a historic figure in opening its doors to those in need of a secure home. Even though the United States is considered a world-leading example to other countries, there are countries today like Germany that have closed their borders to refugees, specifically from Syrian refugees. Japan is known for being more resistant to refugees due to weak relationships with refugee home countries whereas Germany has obtained a more positive reputation

After the violence and destruction of the First World War a massive displacement of people occurred, spurring on international discussions about displaced people. This migration of displaced people caused the first refugee legislation by the United States in 1948, The Displaced Person Act of 1948. This act helped admit displaced person fleeing from Europe (Klein 2011). The 1951 convention on the Status of Refugees created an international definition and legal status for refugees, holding nation states’ accountability for displaced people (Enekwe 2013). Most scholars when referencing

Individuals living in poorer countries experience greater difficulty recovering from natural disasters. Those living in circumstances where obtaining basic necessities such as clean water is already difficult are faced with a greater obstacle when natural disasters strike. After a hurricane in Haiti, sources including wells and pipe networks that people depended on for clean water were contaminated (Baudouin). Multitudes of people struggled to find enough water that was safe enough to drink. Hygienic needs were not met as there was no surplus water to bathe in. In Chad, another developing nation, malnutrition after natural disasters “left an estimated 2.3 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in 2016”

Most people fear natural disasters because the damage that comes after them is always unknown. Natural disasters have gradually increased because of global warming, the increase in earth’s temperature has increased hurricanes and wildfires. Not only are they more frequent, but costs of repair have skyrocketed due to damage caused in the environment and the societies. Natural disasters don’t only affect the location of the disaster, it also has an impact on social-economy and the area population.

The Natural disasters that have the possibility to occur in Duval county are wildfires, tornados, floods, hurricanes, and terrorist attacks, and the comprehensive emergency plan in Duval county does not elaborate the importance of families developing a family safety response plan to natural disasters and terror attacks. “Living in fear” is not the answer for the for surviving a natural or manmade disaster nor does ignoring it all together provides safety. However, terror attack, riots can not be quickly determined as natural disasters, therefore the preparation assists drastically in the event that one may occur. Citizens should have a clear understanding of the threat, threat location, and the elements of the environment because this information will tremendously improve the odds of survival. Implementing a family contingency plan for events such as natural disasters and terror attacks claims to be prudent by positioning families with knowledge, and essential articles that would improve the odds of protecting their lives and valuables.

What are natural disasters? Natural disasters are defined as any disastrous event caused by nature or the natural movements of the earth, itself. How severe a disaster is is determined by how bad a loss the economy has suffered, how many lives were lost, and whether or not it will be possible to rebuild the city/town and population effected. If one of these natural disasters were to happen in an area of the world that is not populated, for example, a wildfire on some island that nobody has ever lived on, it would not be labeled a disaster, but if it happened in area where people live it is considered a natural disaster. Every natural disaster causes damage in some kind of way whether it be extremely devastating or not. “Natural disasters

Natural disasters have a colossal effect on the inhabitants that live on Earth. A natural disaster is a major event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; for example: tsunamis, floods, earthquakes, and etc. That impact in an isolated area can causes the inhabitants of this planet to converge and avail provide resources to avail the instauration process. That is just a minute effect that a natural disaster has on the inhabitants of Earth. There are natural disasters that have warning signs afore the will occur. Then there are natural disasters that will occur with no caveat signs. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis are just three natural disasters that will strike will no caveat.