Currently, there are sixty-five million refugees worldwide, constituting the largest refugee crisis since World War II. Ongoing evacuee problems fueled by warfare and torment throughout the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa are the worst since 1939. The magnitude of refugees was highlighted in this summer’s Olympics where the “first ever refugee team participated at the games in Rio, representing not a country, but the 65 million people displaced (internally, or outside their country) by war and persecution” (Merelli).
The European Union and United States denied the UN’s proposal to resettle 10% of the world’s refugees in an effort to tackle the world’s worst refugee problem. Therefore, the definition of a refugee under conventional and customary international law is evolving; Current connotation for the term at hand- “a refugee has a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group. Most likely, they cannot return home or are afraid to do so. War and ethnic, tribal and religious violence are leading causes of refugees fleeing their countries” (UNHCR). The definition of “refugee” should be interpreted beyond and not limited to the borders of
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By diversifying our population, America’s melting pot will further integrate to benefit communities from varying upbringings, viewpoints, and opinions. These varying ways of life will tackle problems differently. By tackling the problem in various ways as a cohesive unit, the nation can have a more effective economy during a crisis. Secondly, more middle-easterners will slowly decrease preconceptions of a world war. Due to refugees’ agriculturally rich way of life, the nation’s farms, small businesses and overall local household incomes