Essay On Middle Eastern Crisis

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Middle Eastern crisis has been a big issue not only in the area where the conflict is happening but also in the countries where refugees are escaping. The refugees move to different countries in order to stay away from the wars and to search better lives. A number of countries that refugees are tying to move into face difficulties accepting them recently. Each countries have different domestic problems, and until not overcoming those problems, it is hard to accept people from outside. However, there are many benefits to accepting the refugees. It would diversify the population, help solve some domestic problems. Moreover, the countries that accept refugees would gain respect from other countries and might be able to build good international …show more content…

However, the refugees might be able to help solve those problems. As Japanese Prime Minister Abe suggests, there are many issues in Japan that have to be solved right away such as aging society. It is certain that “Japan needs to improve conditions for its own people.” However, are they really the problems that cannot be solved when Japan lets refugees in? Accepting more refugees might be a solution to some of the problems. For example, the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research estimates that Japanese population will drop to 40 million from 127 million in 100 years because of the aging society. If the Japanese government decides to allow 200,000 refugees to move to Japan every year, it is expected that the population would stay above 100 million. Moreover, because of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami in 2011, the construction industry is suffering from a shortage of workers. It has been reported that the refugees from Syria are much more educated and skilled than the refugees who came from Yugoslavia in 1990s. Therefore if used well, the refugees would play a big role in solving domestic problems. It is true that there are many problems in Japan. However, those problem are not unsolvable even when Japan accepts refugees, and even more refugees might be able to help fix some of