INTRODUCTION
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).
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Different countries are dealing with the prominent issue of how to manage refugees and all their needs and dealing with this issue in different and creative ways.
Refugees arriving in Switzerland will be required to hand over any assets worth more than 1000francs to the government to help pay for their upkeep (Agencies, 2016).
Through out the world and over the centuries, societies have welcomed frightened, weary strangers, the victims of persecution and violence. This humanitarian tradition of offering sanctuary is often now played on the television screens across the globe as war and large-scale persecution produce millions of refugees and internally displaced persons. At the start of 21st century, protecting refugees means maintaining solidarity with the worlds most threatened, while finding answers tot eh challenges confronting the international system that was created to do just that.
universal refugee experience is shared with many refugees, including having to learn a new language, becoming sick and malnourished, and having to make new friends in their new home.
Refugees are a vulnerable group who has given up everything in a pursuit of a better life. Cultures from across the world differ in extreme ways. However, with that said no one culture or ideas is the better than the other. Each culture brings different strengths and weaknesses and the best to utilize those strengths is to put them together with the strengths of the others. Cultural competency is something that has to be continually worked on and studied. Cultural differences can make working together very difficult, but with patience, dedication, empathy, and collaboration it can be done. However, without those things the results can be devastating.
The Refugee Crisis is conflict that has to do with people from Syria ,Iraq , and Afghanistan migrating to better countries such as , Sweden, Germany, Italy, and Hungary to avoid the corruption of the poor country. This situation has many positives as well as negatives to both the migrants and the countries they now live in.
Refugees face lots of difficulties in life, running from violence is only half the problem. Some of the people around the world believe that wealthy countries aren’t doing enough to help refugees find a place to live; others believe they are doing more than enough. A dispute happened between countries, people believe that United States is not giving enough support and resources to help the refugees maintain a healthy lifestyle, others disagree. One thing that is certain though is that refugees have to wait for a long time, before the states finally allow them to seek asylum. A large portion of the world 's population believes that the politically and economically stable countries are not doing enough to help the migrants and refugees.
What makes it harder and sorrowful is when someone lose everything, a homeland, family, friends and comes out humiliated and broken without any shelter. If we imagine what happened to these refugees, we are subjected to humiliation, and cruelty. This situation requires that all human societies that have experienced crises through history or their actual age should take a firm and rapid position in containing and supporting them in providing a place where they are honored.
Over the years, the crisis has put “huge pressures on some destination countries” (BBC Article 2) and these countries often lack the required infrastructure and knowledge of how to deal with the mass immigration of a new culture. Countries such as Greece, Austria, and Hungary face the most strain, as hundreds of thousands of people are entering these countries. Along with that, there is virtually no infrastructure to support the refugees in these countries. Also, some countries already have strong population increases, such as “Luxembourg, Norway and Belgium [who are projected to have] increases of 129 per cent, 71 per cent and 47 per cent respectively” (Kirk). These increases are very large, and because of that there is little room to accept more people. These countries already have to manage their own growth, and adding refugees to the mix would put unneeded burden on them. Due to the lack of infrastructure and inability to accommodate large amounts of refugees, some countries should be required to only take in a small number of refugees, if any at
The European refugee crisis encompasses the flight of millions of refugees escaping violence in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asian countries. The surging tide of refugees has created a predicament among countries where the movement of people is unrestricted. Seeking asylum, they risk their lives on arduous journeys through Turkey and across the Mediterranean to Greece, from where they enter other countries, the most popular destinations being Germany, Sweden, France, and Italy. As countries receiving these immigrants scramble to provide basic necessities, European governments still struggle to propose a suitable solution for resettlement.
Refugees is a reality from our world. Many suffered from economic inequality and the conflicts in their own country and have two make a decision between living in fear and in a struggle at their own home or immigrate to a country where they might regain their hope to start a new life. (Turton and Gonçaléz, 2003) The increase of refugees globally it is concerning the educational systems in our societies. There are 59,5 million people who were obligated to live their countries because of persecutions, wars, or violation of the human rights. (Bhu et al, 2012) (UHCR: the UN Refugee Agency, 2016)
The United Nations High Commission on Refugees estimates that almost three million people were categorized as refugees at the end of 2014, which is equivalent to almost three percent of the world’s population1. The 1951 Refugee Convention provides that a refugee is a person, who, “owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted...is outside the country of his nationality, and is unable to, or … is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country”.2 There is a mounting pressure for the world, particularly European and Middle Eastern countries, which are being inundated with refugees, to find a solution to the refugee crisis. In this search, the question has arisen of whether a country should prioritize the humanitarian needs
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.
The refugee crisis is not new to Europe and moved senior states to vote on the 1951 Geneva Convention that adopted a legal framework concerning
As an international community, it is our moral duty to allow these refugees to come into our countries. Yes, they do consume our resources and it does cost money to accommodate such a large number. However, they are human beings that have human worth, and because of this, we owe them moral treatment during
the refugee crisis has reached a critical mass around the world with continued conflict in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and the Congo just to name a few. There are unprecedented numbers of refugees seeking help in many countries around the world. The US pledged to take 10,000 from Syria alone this year and is promising to increase that number to 50,000 in the coming years. To tackle the high volume task of resettling the US government relies on non-profit humanitarian organization and other NGO agencies to help place refugees in
This report will explain about refugee’s issues of placement and cultural differences and the capacity of countries adopting refugees. Refugees in any country confront difficulties either relating to placement or cultural differences problems. Every day refugees move to another place for their protection. That’s why; most of the countries were opening their boarder to welcome them in their own countries. But now the situation is different because some of the countries are not able to adopting them anymore due to not having enough spaces, like Germany. On the other side, Australia has lot of space to adapting to refugees, but having some problem with culturally differences and avoiding for entering terrorists. Australia is also multicultural land with a rich combination of cultures, religions, languages and ethnicities. Commonwealth bank and state levels has built-up multicultural strategy structure for all kinds of nations which main aim to concentrate on the needs of refugees and migrants who settle in Australia. However, the acquaintance from multicultural policies and migrant segment has not essentially been included into child safety practices, policy frameworks and legislations.