Immigration Causes
how does poverty cause immigration?
Poverty is a major contributant to the Syrian immigration. The Guardian affirms that,“as huge swatches of the community have lost the opportunity to work and earn an income, just over 4 in 5 Syrians now live in poverty,” (The Guardian, 2015). Forbes contributes information to the quote above by saying that, "refugees face horrible living conditions, and restrictions in the legal regimes for refugees in the countries where they live … When people don't have proper shelter and are living on 45 cents a day of course they want to move,” (UNHCR, 2015). The Guardian also confirms that “Syrians left the country to find work and a safer life elsewhere,” (The Guardian, 2015). These three quotes explain that when people are living in harsh economic conditions, they consider migration in order to find better life opportunities to be able to maintain their family. Overall, poverty has helped to originate the Syrian immigration. Still, poverty doesn’t apply to all migrants. Forbes states, “When the crew of HMS Bulwark first fished immigrants out of the Mediterranean, they were expecting to find the world’s hungry, wretched and destitute. Instead, they found them relatively healthy, well-dressed and carrying mobile phones and credit cards, which they intended to use upon arrival in Italy,” (Forbes, 2015) . Forbes Magazine also declares, “This is the middle classes of those nations on the move. Those attempting to get onto those trains in Budapest are not trying to joy ride into Germany. They are paying for their tickets, tickets which cost upwards of €100. This is not a sum which a farming peasant from any of the countries under discussion is going to have available to them. That’s 4 months total income for someone using the World Bank’s numbers for absolute poverty” (Forbes, 2015). This proves that not all migrants have to be poor, but that they flee because of the conditions their homes are put in, not because of economical crises.
“Some of those 60 million displaced people have fled their homes out of desperation because of conflicts like the Syrian civil war.”
-Time 2015
How does political corruption cause immigration?
Political corruption has been an important genesis to the refugee crisis in Syria. For instance, “In 1970 the political situation in Syria took a dramatic turn when a faction of military leaders who were Alawites – an Islamic sect – took power. After many centuries in which the Syrians had been ruled by outsiders, they now found themselves ruled by one of their own minorities. For years Syrians hoped that the Assads, the ruling family, would bring stability and freedom after the troubled 1950s and 60s, during which a series of coups d’états pushed the country into uncertainty and military conflict,” (Nassar, 2013). This expounds that Syria’s government corruption was indeed one of the major sources to the crisis, and later triggered the start of the Syrian Civil War. Hence, Assad’s unethical regime has induced to the exile dilemma by not being a proper president to comply the civilians’ needs. Another cause in the immigration crisis is the catastrophe of the wealthy countries’ duty. There has been an imbalance in the responsibility to host the migrants; the developing countries have had to deal with the majority of the displaced, while the wealthier countries haven’t been so successful in helping the refugees. This has resulted in the encumbrance of the crisis, ergo contributing to this problem. Around the world, “the response to these global refugee crises has been shameful, particularly from the world’s richest countries, who have ignored appeals for humanitarian aid and to resettle vulnerable people. Wealthy countries have offered resettlement places to only around a tenth of the 1.15 million people who need them. Meanwhile developing counties are hosting millions of refugees with almost no support,” (Amnesty International, 2015). This proves that the more economically stable countries are ‘avoiding’ to shelter the refugees from less stable countries. Likewise, “more than half of US state governors declared they did not want to shelter Syrian refugees anymore. Polls find that most US citizens take the same stance,” (Wang 2015). This evidence argues that some parts of the U.S, which is one of the most financially stable countries, prefer to not host the refugees. Besides,“a number of European nations have made clear they aren't willing to welcome many newcomers, despite the current crisis. The resistance has been heard loudest in Central Europe, although Western Europe has not exactly thrown open its doors either,” (Willa Frej, 2015). The aforementioned information justifies the albatross from certain nations in the world who refuse to aid the fugitives in need of shelter. There are abounding number of causes to the refugee crisis, ranging from political reasons, to the irresponsible helping acts of wealthy countries- the sources are uncountable, but are they unstoppable?
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