The Syrian Civil War Is A Continuing International Conflict

The Refugee crisis across Europe and beyond is among the most complex topics in the world right now. Most of the refugees are coming from Syria, but why? Why can’t they just stay at home? Within the last 5 years there has been a mass exodus of civilians in Syria; other countries have experienced very similar scenarios with civilians leaving. With so many are leaving, it is quite difficult for refugees to find safe places to stay. About 6 years ago Syria was among the most stable countries in the Middle East (though ruled by what can be described as a dictator). However, civil war and economic problems have severely affected them. Their President Bashar Al-Assad has made many extremely controversial decisions. Two causes of the Syrian

Ever since 2011, the war in Syria has made people want to escape their war-torn homelands. Thus, giving these refugees no place to go. These migrants need a safe place to call home and a place where they can get a job. Countries such as Germany, Great Britain, and the United States should accept refugees from war-torn homelands because they want to help the refugees and they are actually going to help the economy, also the migrants are trying to escape the violence, not bring it with them.

In the final draft I will expand on each of the issues, by looking into more specific examples of both what different European countries are doing policy wise, as well as what the sentiment is among the refugees in the different areas of Europe. To fully be able to understand the conditions the refugees are facing I will be using other scholars ethnography work; One of those works being Katerina Rozakou’s piece regarding the management of refugees in Greece. As a result of that knowledge I will be able to come to an accurate conclusion as to what course of action should be taken in Europe as a whole, to deal with this ongoing

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

The utterly diminished and persistently conflicted regime of Bashar Al-Assad has led to several forces, including numerous rebel groups, Kurdish forces, and even ISIL to occupy the war-torn country of Syria in a seemingly never-ending ruination. Most importantly however, it has also led to millions of Syrians becoming dislodged between the remnant regions with the deaths of roughly half a million citizens, according to the Syrian Centre for Policy Research, from a civil war that originated due to a series of protests and differentiating ideologies. The situation has lead for surviving Syrians, now properly known as refugees, to seek asylum in neighboring countries in Europe, but even including some countries as far as in the Western Hemisphere, particularly the United States.

We all know what is happening in Syria over the past four years from violence to disorder, crimes, and inhumane crimes. Most of the innocent families had fled to neighboring Arabian countries, but when the Arabian countries closed their gates for any more fleeing families they began to flee to European countries. Some of the European counties that Syrian families flee to are Switzerland, Germany, and Italy. These countries provide some excellent services to the fleeing families such as providing them a home to live in, and giving them a weekly wage of $100, and after 4 years of living in the country they will get the nationality.

The amount of Syrians that are fleeing have rapidly increased over the past year. Of the 381,000 migrants and refugees that have sought sanctuary in Europe at least half of them are Syrians. This number has nearly doubled since the year 2014. When Germany predicted that by the end of the year there would be more than a million immigrants may

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.

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.

The Syrian civil war has caused 9 million to 10 million people to lose their homes. Those people are now refugees leaving their native land because they either have no place to stay at or they are fearful. They want a better life for their families and, so they would resort to using unsafe means to accomplish that goal. Refugees would go on boats or travel by foot from the Middle East and Africa to go all the way to Europe; most go through the Mediterranean Sea by boat. Because of this, many people die in the sea because of the poor structure of the boat. A Syrian boy was washed up on the shores of Turkey and was found to be dead. Most refugees live in refugee camps seeking for asylum. With the large increase in refugees, there comes a large amount of problems as well. Refugees may be terrorists in disguise, taking advantage of countries, and plotting terrorist attacks in said countries. Another problem is that with a large number of refugees coming in, a countries resources gets used up to the point where the country are not able to support their own citizens. However, taking in refugees may be advantageous to the country than if they do not. Refugees can bring hidden skills that others do not have. Refugees can also take over jobs that no one will take because its either has a terrible pay or because it is too dangerous. The refugee crisis has had a lot of controversy because it can affect a large amount of people and can destabilize an entire nation. Opponents of allowing refugees into countries argue that it can bring in a lot of terrorists and cause resources to deplete at a high rate. Supporters argue that it is human nature to help those in need and can bring in people with extraordinary skills and talents. Countries should allow more refugees, but only if security increases.

Lots of nearby Middle Eastern and European nations are getting hammered with the amount of refugees. Many refugees that are not taken and returned end up in Greece and live in harsh conditions because it is becoming overcrowded. Many European countries are working together, led by Germany, to get people to countries they wish. Each country has a minimum standard for accepting applications. Germany’s borders are very open to almost every single refugee so many refugees make Germany their new home (“Merkel under pressure for refugee policy in Germany”). However Hungary is not as lenient with people coming into their country so the policies they have in place are to not let people into their country (“Hungary refugee policies”). Right now Jordan is working on getting the refugees they have homes in other nations. Most of the people they have now are going to Australia (“Dutton to inspect refugee vetting”). All around the European policies are much more open to refugees than the U.S.

Germany has been providing support such as housing, food, and health and other necessary resources to improve the wellbeing of these Syrian immigrants. However, according to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel in The Washington Times “I’m happy that Germany has become a country that many people abroad associate with hope” (The Washington Times, 2015). “For Frankfurt-based human rights organization Pro Asyl, the first vital step is housing. Company CEO Guenter Burkhardt said the country’s policy of forcing refugees to remain in mass accommodation sites for protracted periods only serves to provoke extremists” (The Washington Times, 2015). The big idea was that Germany was trying to tackle the obstacle that these Syrian refugees are facing presently. However, the German government would have to spend so much to accommodate these aliens. Another way to look at what the Germany government was trying to do was follow the golden rule principles which stated that treating others as you would want or liked to be treated. Thus, this is the greatest rule ever, but there are perspective to look at this issue. The big question was that, are these Syrian refugees who we think they are?

A refugee is someone who has been forced out of their own country due to reasons such as political, economic or even threats of wars. Since the beginning of 2015, a large number of people from Middle Eastern and African countries are fleeing war, persecution, and poverty and have been crossing borders into and within Europe. The Syrian refugee migration problem is one of Europe’s major crisis of the decade. In an article by “Europe’s Commision”, we see that “More than 1 million refugees and migrants have arrived in the European Union” in which a large amount of these refugees are fleeing from the civil war in Syria. Europe is in the middle of a huge debate between the ethical concerns regarding whether or not to grant Syrian refugees into Europe. The global catastrophe has clear ethical considerations; however, these refugees should not be denied into all of Europe because they are trying to escape from war and terror in their own country.

According to UNHCR (2017a), there are, currently, 22.5 million of refugees in the world. Comparing to the world population reported in United Nations (2017), it can be calculated as three refugees in every 1,000 people. Nowadays, most of the people who have escaped from their own countries are Syrian. Since 2011, the beginning of Syrian civil war, total registered Syrian refugees are 17.5 million people (UNHCR, 2017b). From the UNHCR database, most of them are living in neighbouring countries such as Lebanon and Turkey. Some of them seek asylum in developed countries, particularly in Europe. Germany is the European country that holds the largest Syrian refugee population, accounting for approximately 0.8 million (UNHCR, 2017b). The large population of refugee can affect to economy, environment, society, and politics. Some people say that new coming refugees can fulfil labour market and establish the multicultural societies which motivate international trade. However, the host nations will not benefit from refugees due to the needs of high cost of management for labour force preparation and risk of social conflict caused by cultural difference.

This Essay will show that it is the moral and ethical duty and obligation of the European Union and its member states to open its borders to Syrian refugees.