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The Pros And Cons Of Syrian Refugees

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Should European countries make it easier to let Syrian Refugees apply for asylum – protection granted by a nation to someone who has left their native country as a political refugee? Currently the only way for Syrian’s to apply for asylum is if they make it into Europe. That means the refugees are force to try to cross the border into Europe. The refugees take rafts to European countries on the coast, which is quite dangerous. Over three quarters of the refugees are in Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan holds over three quarters of all the Syrian refugees. These states can’t support this many people; fourteen to twenty percent of these refugees are in camps. The European union could handle the refugee crisis if it wanted to, along with the Western …show more content…

Rather then living in these camps, refugees risk their lives to try to sail to Europe so they can apply for asylum. In 2014, Europe only took in 626,000 refugees, that is less people then Jordan took in (Martines, Michael). The U.K. alone has seventy-eight times the GDP of Jordan (In a Nutshell – Kurzgesagt). If the European Union coordinated its efforts, Europe could easily take in and properly support the refugees. The U.K. even lobbied to stop a huge search and rescue project called Mare Nostrum that would help prevent refugees seeking asylum form drowning (In a Nutshell – …show more content…

The British Prime Minister thinks that rather then letting in more refugees, we just need to restore peace in the Middle East. This is much easier said then done of course, especially if you understand how all this fighting started. The Al-Assad is the ruling family of Syria. After most nations run in a similar way, such as Egypt and Libya, governments collapsed, Syria’s did not (In a Nutshell – Kurzgesagt). They started a brutal civil war instead. ISIS saw an opportunity to take control over a nation already in war. The Syrians were trapped between the regime, rebel groups, and extremists. A third of the Syrian people have been displaced in the country and over four million have fled from the country. Restoring peace is going to take time. Time the innocent civilians in Syria don’t have. Europe needs to come together and make a plan for the sake of the Syrian refugees. The European Union is discussing a plan that would let refugees apply for asylum from outside of Europe (Gapminder Foundation). This plan also includes safe travel for the refugees. The issue is this plan is only for about 20,000 refugees, less then one percent of the Syrian refugees. This plan still leaves refugees trying to sail across the Mediterranean and putting themselves in risk of drowning. After

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