Persuasive Essay On Syrian Refugees

Topic: Syrian Refugees

Country: Sweden

For the past 5 years the Syrian refugee crisis has grown into one of the biggest migration issues worldwide, mainly focusing on Europe. At the moment, there are over 12 million refugees seeking asylum in neighbouring countries such as Sweden, Turkey, Greece, etc which has caused many countries to establish fences and restrain the flow of refugees entering their country. Since March of 2011 syrian revolutionaries began to protest against President Bashar Al Assad’s government which lead to Assad’s administration to respond with force, attempting to crush uprisings quickly. Instead, the violence escalated quickly from both the government and the revolutionary side, sending the country into a full scale

Sweden has proven to be the most wanted destination for many Syrians trying to escape the civil war and the invasion of the Islamic State (IS) in their country as Sweden takes in more asylum seekers per capita than any other EU nation. Almost 163,000 refugees sought asylum in Sweden in 2015 whilst Denmark another EU country has only accepted 18,000. There are 9.5 million syrian refugees living in Sweden whilst 5.6 million have been living in Denmark. The reason that Sweden is a highly demanded country for Syrian refugees is because of the policy that was established in 2013 in which Sweden became the first country in Europe to rule that all refugees from the war-torn nation would be granted permanent residency within Sweden. However, that policy was soon to be demolish because of the overwhelming number of refugees seeking asylum in Sweden and having no other country who was willing to accept refugees as welcoming as Sweden. This lead to the adjustment of the policy, There is no longer permanent residency granted to Syrian refugees. However, temporary residency will be granted to some of the syrian refugees. Nevertheless, there are new measures that are taken towards syrian refugees such as The Aliens Act will be adjusted so that Sweden will only offer

Scaling back the country’s famous open-door policy has long been considered politically taboo, a position relegated to the right-wing Sweden Democrats and far-right organizations. Now it looks increasingly likely to become a reality, although the government still insists that recent measures signal inefficient resources rather than a change of heart but rather a reflection of insufficient resources. “Sweden has long taken an unreasonably large responsibility in comparison with other countries in the EU,” Prime Minister Stefan Löfven said last month. “Now we are in a very tight position. It is time that other countries now take responsibility and therefore the government requests the redistribution of refugees from Sweden.” In the deafening silence that followed, the Swedish Migration Agency announced it could no longer offer accommodation to all asylum-seekers, and updated its website to warn potential asylum-seekers of a sub-par welcome. “We’ve seen a slight decrease since border checks were introduced but we can’t say whether this is due to the controls,” said a spokesperson for the Migration Agency. “It could be due to weather conditions. Our reception is not the same kind of quality [it] used to be it could also be due to that.” Now Sweden finds itself caught in a moral dilemma, frustrated at its inability to deal keep up the inclusive policies for which it