Not a day goes by without extensive coverage of the EU refugee crisis in the media. Everybody should know by now. That there are thousands people leaving their home, their live, they leave everything behind to leave the country. Trek cross half of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, pay a lot of money, get abused by smugglers, and then risk their lives on unseaworthy boats? Why would they do that? Nobody cares. Until everybody was on social media and saw a shocking picture of a 3-year-old Alan Kurdi, dead on a beach in Turkey after a boat taking his family to Greece capsized. Then everybody began to pay attention to the Refugee Crisis. Should the European Union open its borders or not?
The funny thing is people only pay attention to the dead people who they can’t help
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anymore. Why won’t you help the people so they can stay alive. Then you can say you did something good. When you see the dead people you get sad and angry at the same time. It’s horrible to see the way how those people get treated when they arrive in a country after having a very dangerous ride by boat. They’re already happy enough that they´ve made it to Europe but then they get hit by policemen near the border to get out? Is that the way how you welcome the refugees to your country? I don’t think so. Those people don’t leave their own country for fun, it is to have freedom, to not have the fear every day to get killed and for their children to have a future. An ever-increasing proportion of them are Syrians. From July 2014 to July 2015, there were almost 210,000 asylum applications in the EU by Syrian nationals. The number of asylum applications for the month of June alone was over 28,000, and over 32,000 in July. The numbers for August are likely to be even higher. The refugees have freezes the asylum system in Greece, Hungary, and elsewhere, with Hungary now constructing a wall along the Serbian border. These three countries are carrying a huge burden and are deeply affected by the presence of the refugees. Their ability to serve refugees’ needs is simply overstretched, especially in Lebanon and Jordan. It doesn’t help that Lebanon is in the midst of a political crisis, triggered by the government’s failure to ensure garbage collection. In fact, the two crises are connected: One out of every four people in Lebanon is a refugee, which dramatically strains the country’s resources and public services. Jordan hosts more than 630,000 Syrian refugees, on top of Iraqi and Palestinian ones. Accepting refugees is always politically difficult.
But this current crisis happens to coincide with a moment of fear about national identity in both the US and Europe.Taking in large numbers of refugees requires accepting that those refugees might bring changes to a nation's identity or culture. That change is often beneficial not just for the refugees but for the host countries as well. Better food! New cultures! But immigration, especially on a larger scale, can also feel scary to people. When their communities change in small but important ways that can feel like neighborhoods and communities that were once designed for people like them are now interested in catering to someone else. And that is the real problem: This crisis has come at a time when many people in wealthy countries already felt tremendously threatened by immigration, and by the idea that their towns, communities, and cultures are changing in ways that feel uncomfortable or scary.
But that’s not true. As you can read there are many good things about refugees too. New food, new cultures, new people to work with. We should open our borders. If we can live a good life, why can’t other people live a good life without a
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Today on the Australia issues podcast with nick is the issues on asylum seekers that then treatment towards them.
Australian people should be opening arms to the Face of Mercy and to the Refugees that are
An extraordinary 65.3 million Refugees have been displaced around the world. In 2015 Australia took 12,000 of them. But where are Australians placing these Refugees? Australia is deporting these Refugees to a third country, either on Manus or Nauru Island. These Islands have reports of inhumane and cruel treatment towards Refugees For those who aren’t fully aware of what Refugees are; they are people whom come to Australia illegally without the appropriate visas. They cannot obtain these visas because of the reasons they are fleeing their country … their Government. None the less it should be the Australian Government they fear. The concepts of refugees are kept hidden away from us by our own Government in reflection of their Governments own self-interest. This tragedy is classified as a modern day witch hunt.
Bohuslav Sobotka, the Czech prime minister, said the following in a recent interview as a warning ‘immigrants may bring about the collapse of the EU.’ Refugees are intruders and impose burdens onto other countries. Refugees will take jobs and resources from struggling
The United States fails to protect its borders, while Australia sacrifices human rights in order to do so. Traditionally, first-world countries and their citizens assist those in less developed countries. Many of the island nations in the south pacific suffer from poverty and frequent natural disasters. Most would agree that, as the most developed country in the region, it is Australia’s responsibility to advocate for human rights and contribute to humanitarian efforts for the island nations. To its credit, Australia normally satisfies this role. However, when asylum-seekers come by boat, Australia draws a forceful line. The United States is also tasked with protecting its borders, but takes a more appropriate approach. In 2012, the PEW research
In 2005 the Migration Amendment Act was introduced which relates to the notion that children must only be put in detention centres as a matter of last resort to ensure the safety of children as there had been many concerns from the Members of parliament. This new policy had given the opportunity for many children and their families to be released into community detention centres whereby there is higher security to ensure their protection. However, in Australia there had still been a substantial amount of children that had still been held in detention centres and often for lengthy periods. Although the Australian Government had attempted to comply with the new policy by gradually allowing children and their families to be released into the community
“If the protecting of our borders requires the incarceration of babies, the sexual abuse of children, the rape of women and the murder of men, then we are of all nations the most depraved.” This emotive statement from a man of the church, Father Rod Bower, touches a nerve with many of Australians. It is an acid test on our national consciousness. The shock of disturbed beliefs pushes us to reassess the foundation of our values.
The distance between the new arrivals and the natives fosters a sense of distrust on both ends. However, the concern that the growing population of immigrants will compromise America’s national identity undermines our national reality. Historically, those who have willingly immigrated to the United States have had a desire to become part of American society, crossing borders and seas t...
Picture the worst thing you could ever imagine. Gore, violence, murder, complete and utter horror. Now, multiply this by 100. You have nearly created the Holocaust.Some say it was the darkest period in history.If you asked me, however, I would tell you it was beyond your worst nightmare.
a. The National Human Trafficking Resource Center has made an effort between the Departments of State, Justice and Homeland Security created the Human Smuggling and Trafficking center to centralize information.
If you are an immigrant or just want to live in one of the best counties in the world illegally, with no penalty if you get caught come to Americana. They will welcome you with open aims Just like (Fred Reed) – said in “Why Blame Mexico” (we say to impoverished Mexicans, “See this river? Don’t cross it. If you do, we’ll give you good jobs, driver’s licenses, citizenship for your kids born here, school for said kids, public assistance, governmental documents in Spanish for your convenience, and a much better future. There is no penalty for getting caught. Now, don’t cross this river, hear?” How smart is that? We’re baiting them. It’s like putting out a salt lick and then complaining when deer come. Immigrant parents would be irresponsible not
Hi, I’m Makenna McLeod and I’m running for President, alongside me is my Vice President Carlie Janeczko. Together we make up the Marlie party, because we are the change America needs. I’m forty four years old and I’m a graduate of Brown University. I hold a MD in American Studies and a PhD in Economic Studies. I also attended Harvard Law School where I attended workshops for Public Law as well as International Law. In addition to my time spent at Harvard I met Carlie my Vice President. Carlie, who is forty three, attended Columbia University where she obtained an MD in economics political science as well as a Bachelor of science in foreign service. Carlie then went on to attend Harvard Law where we met in one of their many workshops. I am currently married with four dogs all of different species while Charlie is married and is a mother to six children. We are aiming for a united nation that places equal time and money on military spending, fine arts and culture and health care and education. We both value respect, trust, education, humanitarian needs, safety, honesty and family among many other things. We hope you consider voting Marlie for the change America needs.
Millions of people around the globe immigrate into different countries every year. For some people, moving to a new place can be about taking on a different career opportunity, following a love interest, or reuniting with family. While for others, immigration is necessary to survive. It is not a simple choice, but rather a struggle to escape the horrors in their own country. There are numerous nations that welcome immigrants and refugees with open arms, but many do not. Picking up your life and traveling to a new country is hard even in the most accepting of places. For example, in the US, there are varieties of cultures and people from all over the world, making it one of the most desirable places for immigrants. Yet, even still, Americans can be unwelcoming and rude to outsiders. One of the largest populations of immigrants is in France, with around 7.4 million foreign-born people living there in 2010. Despite this large number, the French culture is one of the most nationalistic in the world, which can sometimes come off as hostile to newcomers. The history and development of French immigration policies is full of stubbornness and errors. Even now, the country’s unwillingness to allow new cultures to flourish in their home is becoming a large issue for the masses of immigrants that reside in France.
...highly dynamic and rapidly changing nature of globalization, which is redefining traditional political, economic, and social arrangements and fostering greater interdependence between states in the international stage. They dismiss the notion that economic underdevelopment is a major determinant of refugee flows; instead showing that political ideology is more significant simply because of the political nature of their displacement. This book provides a highly comprehensive and informative analysis of the modern refugee crisis and helps clarify the origins of the problem and provide useful prescriptions of institutional reforms that would better deal with the situation.
Between January and November of this year, more than 750,000 migrants have been estimated crossing into the EU’s borders, compared to only 280,000 in the whole year during 2014 (www.bbc.com). This influx of refugees and asylum seekers from the Middle East has become a heavy burden on European Union policy makers. Many state leaders have opposing viewpoints and varying solutions to the crisis that is plaguing their region, and as a result there has been little to no action taken to solve this ever growing problem. This crisis should serve as a prime example of global cooperation, and it should highlight the ability to come together internationally and deal with important problems that affect all individuals. The solution to the refugee crisis will forever stand as a precedent for how the world deals with humanitarian issues in the future.