Analyzing the Refugee Crisis: A Third Party Perspective

Jill Stein stated “We create refugees, and then our Democratic Party, together with the Republicans, who are also a party to this, are criminalizing them and sending them back, inhumanely.”(8) she describes the refugee crisis through a third party perspective. Because the main voices on this issue are mainly democrat or republican, a third party view is an interesting take on this issue. The Syrian refugees has had an enormous effect on Europe and will continue to call in the morals of major world powers. Many factors have caused this issue so the crisis is more complex than it appears. Many of the countries directly and indirectly affected have put into place policies and a system in order to deal with this issue. The policies have helped

Turkey, a country with more than two million refugees, has tried to limit the amount of migrants moving to Europe with varying success. The EU agreed to prelaunch Turkey’s stalled bid to join the European Union, because of this. The EU is also working with the countries surrounding Syria, in these countries, many people have taken refuge, these countries include Lebanon and Jordan. Syria’s other neighbors including, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (6).

3. What conditions allow the issue to continue today?

There are many reasons that the refugee crisis continues today. The main reason is that. the Syrian Civil War remains ongoing. Today a few different groups are trying to overthrow the Syrian government one of which is ISIS. ISIS has taken over large areas of land and has displaced many Syrians (4).

The war caused nearly 11 Million Syrians, half of Syria’s population, to flee the country. 94% of the displaced Syrians are living in refugee camps located in the nearby nations of Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq, whereas 6% are fleeing to Europe. When this occurs the policies of the United nations and the European Union take effect in order to deal with the refugees