Original Writing

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.