The refugees of the world
Wars around
the world impact millions of people. The current appeal for help is from Syria,
Syria a country with IS (Islamic State) glooming over them. For many years now
Syrians have been fleeing their homes in a desperate attempt to survive and to
live a normal lifestyle. These people are known as refugees.
It all
started in March of 2011, the many peaceful protests quickly escalated after
the governments violent crackdown this caused many rebels to begin fighting
back against the regime. By July defectors of the army had quickly organized
the free Syrian army and many Syrians took up arms to join the opposition.
Ethnic groups and Islamic Fighters begun to also complicate the politics of the
conflict.
Refugees are
people who have fled their country for a reason; this could be because of war
or natural disasters. Over 2 million Syrians have been forced to leave their
homes in a desperate attempt to survive. These people have moved to
neighbouring countries to seek refuge. Countries such as Turkey have had huge
rallies and protests to stop allowing refugees into their country. In a report
published earlier last month it states Turkey has now closed all borders to the
refugees and are pushing them back to Syria. Turkey has every right to be
concerned about the security issues and to screen all Syrians, but by not
letting them through the borders makes them take a more dangerous route into
the Country. All Syrians want to do is flee the constant air strikes and go to
safety and claim protection.
Refugees
from Syria are also trying to get into other countries in Europe and so far
approximately 2,700 people have died trying to reach Europe whether it is on
boat or in a vehicle on land. Dead bodies of youngsters not older than 10 years
old have washed up on many of our shores. This should wake up to the reality of
people’s lives especially innocent young children whose lives we can save. As a
country we are slowly helping the cause by opening up our borders for these
refugees. Last year Prime Minister David Cameron said the UK will resettle
20,000 Syrian refugees. More Countries should look at this and do the same
thing to help and preserve humanity.
But on the other hand Britain has done some
un- questionable things to make things even worse in Syria. Recently the
British Parliament were voting on whether or not to airstrike Syria, this vote
was won and many airstrikes were sent the next hour on Syria. RAF Tornados launched their first air strikes on the
Omar oil fields. Our Prime Minister claims that the airstrikes where
aimed at areas which Islamic State were active in. With airstrikes comes
innocent civilians being killed, little children ripped away from the arms of
their mothers and Britain holding the blood of these refugees on our hands.
Recently 83%
of lights in Syria have gone out. This is due to airstrikes and bombings. It is
hard enough to survive in a warzone and having no light or source of heat will
make matters worse. We have just came out of the month of December and now we
are into January these months are the coldest of them all and without a good
source of heat many families including little children will freeze to death.
According to the U.N it will take $7.7 billion to meet all of the urgent needs
of the most vulnerable Syrians in 2016. Many Syrians who have seeked refuge in
other countries need to pay rent and without legally being able to work in
those countries they struggle to find jobs and accept jobs with a basic low
wage.
Studies show
that more than 50% of Syrian refugees are children who have lost everything,
their families, homes, schools and friends. The youngest of the children are
scared and confused by the experiences, lacking the sense of home and safety
they need. Whilst the older children are being forced to find jobs to support
their families. As a country we believe that education is the key to every
Childs life and should not be robbed of them. We as a country are robbing the
education and lifestyle of Syrians, when we bomb Syria a school could be
destroyed leaving hundreds of children without any education.
