Informative Speech: The Syrian Refugee Crisis

The Syrian Refugee Crisis

Introduction

I. Every year, I spend my summer in Lebanon because that is where my family is from. This past summer, I was struck when I noticed something I haven’t seen before: homeless families everywhere. I even saw children by themselves, trying to sell me gum for a nickel, looking like they haven’t eaten in days. These were not your average homeless people; they were Syrian refugees.

II. The purpose of this speech is to inform the audience about the problems going on in Syria and the impact it has on the people who lived there.

III. After experiencing what the refugees have to go through firsthand, I am always staying up to date on what is going on both in Syria and over here, because although you may not think

How it all started

A. The civil war began in Syrian in 2011.

1. Any country that is in the middle of the war is, of course, going to be weak.

2. The Islamic State, better known as ISIS, took advantage of Syria’s weak state and spread there from Iraq.

B. Why the Syrians had to flee.

1. Their control has since expanded through half of the country, according to a 2015 ProQuest journal titled We are Following a Stunning Battlefield Advance for ISIS in Syria

2. The mayhem is so bad that the only options for the citizens is to either flee the country or stay and risk being killed by the terrorists.

Transition: Instead of hearing me talk about what the Syrian refugees have to go through, why not hear it from one of them themselves.

II. The Syrian refugee’s perspectives

A. Brandon Stanton, the Founder of Human’s of New York, an online blog of interviews with random people on the streets of this diverse city, traveled to countries accepting refugees to speak with them.

1. Because of time constraints, I will read the one that stuck out to me the most. This man explains, “ I wish I could have done more for her. Her life has been nothing but struggle. She hasn’t known many happy moments. She never had a chance to taste childhood. When we were getting on the plastic boat, I heard her say something that broke my heart. She saw her mother being crushed by the crowd, and she screamed: ‘Please don’t kill my mother! Kill me