The Syrian Humanitarian Crisis is the result of conflict between the government headed by President Bashar al-Assad and the citizens. When the citizens’ peaceful demands for greater democracy and freedom were met with governmental oppression, the protesters became more violent. Eventually, Free Syrian Army was formed to fight against the government. Amid the chaos, ISIS gained territorial control over parts of Syria.Due to the ongoing conflicts and war, a large number of Syrians are being internally displaced. Many are fleeing their homes and becoming refugees in countries such as Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Russia and Iraq. According to the UN, Syrians are now the highest refugee population in the world, with more than half of them being children.
In syria there has been a war going on for the past 6 years. Throughout thoses 6 years family and kids have been driven from their homes. This conflict started when the syrian people and there goverment. From country and theri people involved.
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
of Syria have a lot of struggles in their daily life. Some of the people have no home and they can’t do many things because of the bombings that occur.
Syria’s civil war is the worst humanitarian crisis of modern time. The “Syrian Civil war Began in March of 2011, between rebel brigades and government force; economy and infrastructure is destroyed” (Library, 2016). “Divisions between secular and religious fighters, and between ethnic groups, continue to complicate the politics of the conflict” (Corps, 2016). Additionally, the Syrian civil war has taken a significant
Over the past four years, the situation within the Syria has become more and more dangerous. As many as 6.7 million people, have been displaced from their homes within the country alone. Another 4 million have fled the country entirely, in order to get away from the incessant fighting. An estimated 200,000 people have been killed over the course of the war, but the country is so
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.
Syria is engulfed in a civil war and a refugee crisis that now threatens the West. After fifteen years of wars in the Middle East, after trillions of dollars spent and thousands of lives lost, the situation is worse than it has ever been before.
Syrian Governmental Problems and Refugees: In “For Those Who Remain in Syria, Daily Life is a Nightmare” (2015), Maher Samaan asserts that the Syrian government is creating more chaos for their country than the actual insurgent groups are. Samaan illustrates his view of the Syrian government (they are doing a terrible job of keeping their citizens safe) by citing statistics that illuminate how the governmental air strikes are causing significantly more deaths than the terrorist groups they are supposedly fighting, accomplishing practically nothing aside from killing their own citizens. The examples he gives help to demonstrate the gravity of the situation and provide a sense of reality to his claims.
A current issue on the minds and agendas of the international community is the Syrian Refugee Crisis. The situation has only escalated since its start in 2011, and as the number of displaced Syrians reaches over 9 million, countries around the world, not just the ones in the Middle East, are increasing efforts to offer asylum and aid for these people. The Syrian Refugee Crisis began with peaceful anti-government protests in March of 2011, but after the violent response of the government, rebels, army defectors, and many civilians formed the Free Syrian Army by July of the same year (Mercy Corps, Sept 2nd, 2015). The presence of ISIS within Syria and the differing views of religious groups (namely Sunni and Shiite) in the country only add to the chaos of destruction of the country and the Syrian people’s lives and homes. With the constant state of war within the country, basic necessities like food, water, and shelter have become scarce and Syrian people are looking to find new homes of stability and safety. The large majority of Syrians have fled to the neighboring countries of Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, and Turkey. However the burden of harboring these refugees has put huge stress on the countries as the sheer number of people entering the country becomes too much to handle. Today one in five people living in Lebanon is a Syrian refugee (Mercy Corps, Sept 2nd, 2015). With the neighboring countries already beyond capacity, Syrians are looking for shelter in places outside this
Did you know that refugees have been around since World War II? Due to the war and the aggression from the Nazis, over 55 million people became refugees during the whole World War II era. Around one million people still needed a place to stay after five years since the war had ended. The Cold War, mini wars and battles in Mozambique, Africa, Afghanistan, Rwanda, The Soviet Union, etc, as well as The Vietnam War were some of the causes for refugee population increase and displacement during 1960-2000 era. According to the UNHCR, ever since the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center Buildings to present time, there has been over 60 million refugees displaced, surpassing the World War II numbers. The ongoing Syrian War has had a tremendous
Since the Syrian uprising of 2011 against the Al-Assads who have been ruling Syria since 1960, Canada has done everything they can to support the Syrian people. Syria has become the top source of refugees because of the civil war that is happening within Syria between the citizens and the government. The citizens of Syria are now trapped between regime, rebel groups, religious extremists. There are in total, of over 4 million Syrian refugees trying to flee their home as of 2015 because of the cost of living, the civil war, and the rise of jihadists terrorist group ISIS/ISIL. According to the United Nations, 13.5 million people inside Syria need help, including 6.5 million who have been displaced within Syria. It is estimated that there are over 250 000 people who have died in the conflict, with thousands of others wounded. Syrians have fled to camps in neighbouring countries such as Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey and they are taking care of almost 95% of the refugees. Thousands more have journeyed to Europe in search of a better life.
December 10, 2010 witnessed the inception of the Arab Spring, a revolutionary wave of both violent and nonviolent protests and demonstrations in the Arab world that began in Tunisia. While the wave of initial revolutions and protests quelled by mid-2012, other large-scale conflicts in the Middle East intensified, such as the Yemeni and Libyan crises. In Syria, the unrest of the Arab Spring escalated to armed conflict after President Bashar al-Assad’s regime violently repressed protests calling for his removal. Beginning in March 2011, the Syrian Civil War is currently being fought by the following factions: the Syrian Government and its supporters, an alliance of Syrian Arab rebel groups, the Syrian Democratic Forces, Salafi jihadist groups, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). These factions also receive substantial support from foreign nations (primarily the US and Russia, who back the rebels and Assad, respectively), causing the conflict to be labeled a “proxy war.” Additionally, the civil war has caused a refugee crisis. Since 2011, millions of Syrians have fled from their country sought asylum in other countries. In 2016, the United Nations identified 13.5 million Syrians as requiring humanitarian assistance. Almost million Syrians have requested asylum in countries such as Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, and those in the European Union. According to the UN Refugee Agency, in 2016, various nations have pledged to permanently
Syrian civil war started in 2011 was the outcome of the opposition against the President Bashar al-Assad regime. The uprising emerged as a response to the Arab spring movement that lead to regime change in Tunisia and subsequently turned into mass unrest rooted into the discontent with long-term dictatorship and poor economic situation in the country (Manfreda, n.d.). The number of Syrian citizens killed in the civil war reached 140000 since March 2011 (SBS 2014). The European Commission (2014, 2) reports approximately 9.3 million civilians “in need for humanitarian assistance”. The scale of armed rebellion between government and opposition that lead to an increasing number of casualties among civilians did not remain unnoticed by the
In addition, illegal immigrants are increasing as a result of war in other countries. According to CNN News in Syria, an anti-regime uprising that started in March 2011 has spiraled into civil war. More than 250,000 Syrians have lost their lives in four-and-a-half years of armed conflict. More than 11 million others have been forced from their homes as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and those opposed to his rule battle each other. People are fighting with neighbors all over the world. Every moment the fear of death is a present reality. No one can lead a normal life. They do not have enough food to survive. Thousands of children have seen parents killed or die at an early age themselves. These conflicts affect many cultures. Some people have decided to escape at any cost. Faez, a Syrian refugee, decided to flee Syria after he was detained and accused of being a terrorist. An
The violent civil unrest that broke out in Syria in mid-March 2011 continued to expand and increasingly impacted civilians throughout 2012. Syrians and migrant workers alike have been affected by the armed conflict, causing a critically large number of people to be forcibly displaced from their homes and to seek protection in other regions and neighboring countries. The level of security risk, lack of basic resources and quality of available information are factors that continue to determine when and where Syrian nationals and migrants decide to move. Most of the affected populations have been internally displaced prior to being forced to move across borders into safer zones in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. Shelter, food, water and