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Pros And Cons Of Asylum Seekers

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The importance of human rights in daily life continues to grow is great measures—not only have we as civilians continue to become more aware of the plights of those who may not enjoy the same level of human rights as we do, but we strive to alleviate said situations so that all may enjoy their right to life, liberty, and security of person. (UDHR, Article 3). Humanity thus inculcates that we provide respite and asylum for those who struggle to survive in their countries due to the lack of protection to said rights. Due to the massive human rights violations across the globe, many civilians flee in the hopes of giving their family a better chance of fighting against hostility and ill treatment. However, their struggle does not end with their …show more content…

The number of such asylum seekers is rapidly growing—the European Union faced a 365% increase in the number of refugees seeking asylum from 2013 (60,000) to 2014 (219,000) (Sunderland, pg. 1). Over 22,000 migrants have died in the treacherous waters due to lack of proper vessels—many migrants travel by raft across the sea (Sunderland, pg. 2). Unfortunately, the European Union was ill equipped to deal with the passage of so many migrants. Until early 2015, the European Union was focused on only preventing such departures, though many migrants had already started to land on European land by this time (Sunderland, pg. 23). Prospects are limited for migrants in resettling in a new country due the disparity they face between the nations belonging to the European nations (Sunderland, pg. 26), and the sheer “lack” of accommodation—though the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees have asked for the resettlement of 130,000 migrants, based off of the European Unions capacity. Only a few countries have accepted the European Union’s pledge to take in 45,000 (Sunderland, pg. …show more content…

This includes generous resettlement, increased availability of humanitarian visas, family reunification, and full and fair asylum procedure across the EU (Sunderland, pg. 30-32). The largest component for the success of these programs is ultimately related to the success of the collaboration between the countries of the European Union—all of them must be able to provide a place and house the requested number of civilians to best provide a safe place for these refugees. The nations of the European Union must understand the depth of atrocities that adults and children alike have face in these countries, and with the intention of safeguarding the human rights of these people, must provide a base level of assistance for migrants to restart their lives. These solutions are ideal, but also quite unrealistic—without the necessary pressures from external agents, it is difficult to predict that the European Union will change their stance from preventing departures and limiting arrivals to fair

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