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Argumentative Essay On Syrian Refugees

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Bashar Al- Assad, Syria’s president, has restricted freedom of speech in Syria during his time as leader and oppressed the Syrian people. Pro-democratic ‘peaceful’ protests began taking place in Syria around March 2011. However, with the repressive system Assad lead, protests would not last long. Security opened fire on the demonstrators and killed several, which eventually created a large uproar. Some protesters got together to create the Free Syrian Army, or the official Rebels. After this, the Syrian civil war officially started, however left many uninvolved civilians in danger. Thus, creating the persecution of Syrians and the uprising of Syrian refugees. Due to Assad’s nationalistic interest to hold repressive power over the Syrian people, …show more content…

For that purpose, it becomes a burden for the international community to carry the consequences of pursuing national interests. In Canada, affordable housing is very scarce and homelessness is pressing issue and so how can a good quality of life be ensured for Syrian refugees? In fact, when Syrian refugees started to come in around December 2015 (after Liberal government promised 25,000 Syrian refugees), most were not provided with permanent residence. Even around March 2016, in Toronto, where affordable housing is hard to find at the best of times, 1,100 refugees remain in temporary shelter and many are having to stay there for as long as five weeks. The limited affordable housing market is also contributing to the homeless population, which becomes another issue that Canadians must juggle. According to the “The State of Homelessness in Canada 2014 Stephen Gaetz by Tanya Gulliver-Garcia; Tim Richter”, over 235,000 Canadians will be homeless once in the span of one year, and everyday there is at least 35,000 people who face homelessness every night. In addition to this, the Canadian economy spends up towards 7 billion dollars on

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