Displaced Persons Crisis Essay

The Displaced Persons Crisis

“Refugees are escaping with their lives, and we have a duty, a human right and an international legal duty to help them survive” (Sachs). The displaced persons crisis has caused much debate over how to deal with the many people seeking refuge. The amount of displaced people in the world today is continuously growing. Solutions for the internally displaced and refugees are scarce because they are not being addressed as a problem and because of all the conflict in the world today.

Internally displaced people (IDPs) and refugees are often ignored when they are forced from their home or country by natural disaster, violence, or persecution. Internal displacement and refugees are two completely different types of people.

After WWII, people were quickly made aware of the problem in Europe and Japan and quickly moved to help (Kiernan 275). Today, conflicts in places such as Afghanistan, Syria, and South Sudan are becoming more frequent and ongoing which has caused more people to become displaced. Along with this, the rate at which solutions are being found for displaced people has been decreasing. Recently, many countries such as the United States have not been allowing refugees from certain countries to enter. Most of the countries under the travel ban are the countries with the most conflict and violence which therefore produces the most displaced people (“Report on Displacement”). With so many people unable to enter countries of refuge when they need it most, refugees levels are continuing to climb higher and higher. More and more refugees and internally displaced people are being forced from their homes and countries everyday. This crisis affects everyone everywhere and will continue to grow unless actions are taken to stop it. A little under 1% of the world’s population is displaced and this percentage will continue to grow unless a change is made. Out of the 65.6 million people displaced people worldwide only 189,300 of them were resettled in 2016. 28,300 people are forced to flee their homes daily due to conflict and persecution (“Figures at a Glance”). The resettlement rate is nowhere near being as high as the displacement rate which is why the amount of displaced people in the world is ever growing. Furthermore, many of these displaced people cannot afford to find a new home. Over half of the 22.5 million refugees in the world are under 18. It is extremely hard for families with children to earn enough money to care for their family and relocate at the same time (“Figures at a