Society tends to believe that migrants are causing turmoil, crime or even catastrophic destructions in nations. We are manipulated by the media, leading us to conclude that this problem must be solved once and for all by closing all our borders however while doing so, we are not only affecting our nation, but we are violating human rights. ** Our actions contradict our words, we claim we want peace but by denying the rights of asylum, protection among many others, we act against it.** As our revolutionary hero Benito Juarez declared “The respect for the rights of others means peace” Good morning _________ debate team, members of the jury and Mr. Moderator. Following an extensive research, consultancy with experts on the subject, encyclopedias, …show more content…
To have more control over migrants and host countries, the international community created several protocols, laws and treaties.** According to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is someone who: Has a well-founded fear of persecution because of his/her: Race, Religion, Nationality. ** Also according to the 14th article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.” ** In the end the international laws and community define what must be respected and followed. ** Because of this, countries around the globe have thrived; proper communication with the world leads to a better communication within a country and thus …show more content…
** Until this date more than 26 thousand refugees have arrived in Canada since November 4th of 2015. ** Mass migration can be handled, yet countries must find their own solution. As stated by UNESCO, with rising globalization, migratory pressures will most likely increase. ** The challenge for the international community will be to deal with this issue in the broader context of a coherent, human-centred and human rights based response to globalization.** The Government of Canada, for example, has a plan to resettle Syrian refugees in five phases. ** It is intended to provide rapid protection for vulnerable Syrian refugees while continuing to protect the health and safety of
The book “Harvest of Empire” (chap. 11 ) States that “Immigration policy has provoked fierce public debate in the United States for more than twenty years.” However, when this theme is touched, so many mixed emotions are heard, felt, even seen, and this is because this issue deals with everything from consideration for another human being to the country’s safety.
In 2002, Canada followed Homeland Security of United States and came up with an immigration plan. The bill was called “Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.” The focus of the bill was to stop people entering Canada and seeking asylum who will endanger the safety of the Canadians. The bill introduced strict law for people who will try to put the life of Canadians at risk. The law allowed immigration to remove people from the country who may pose a threat to the country.
We observe today widescale human rights infringement of refugees and degradation of morality as individuals, including children, sit idle in war torn regions hoping for the chance to make a better life in America. Seeking protection, many brave and vulnerable individuals experience additional breaches of human rights as a consequence of mandatory detention. The United States holds in its hands the power to ensure all refugees are treated with dignity and regard for their basic human rights, and yet still struggles to assure the survival and the success of universal liberty due to xenophobia and bureaucratic interference. Unwilling to witness the continued undoing of human rights to which the United States has consistently been committed, this
The estimated number of refugees leaving their own country since World War II is one hundred million ("Refugee”). A refugee is a person who has left their country because of fear of their safety due to violence, race, religion, or war. Supporting and solving today’s refugee crisis is especially controversial because of the current events, financing, and security issues. ("Refugee Facts”). Climate change and natural disasters sometimes cause people to leave their homes or countries.
The Charter further ensures a democratic society as it guarantees the fundamental rights such as voting rights, mobility rights and equality rights, which contain the protection against discrimination (Margaret, web). The laws successfully develop to balance the rights of the new immigrants and the interests of the Canadian society. On 2001, November 1st, Immigration and Refugee Protection Act was announced as a symbol of forming the Canadian multicultural society. It mainly improved the laws towards refugee determination, family reunification and gained the control over the country borders(Dwight L. Gibson eta·85). As the globalization has become the main stream of the world, Canada has advantages to move towards this goal as an immigration
The current refugee crisis is accelerating every day more and more, with countries such as Syria still being at civil war. It is one of the most basic principles of the EU to provide these asylum seekers with the possibility to seek asylum in its territory. As it has become clear from the chapters above, the Dublin system does not work as well as it was wanted to. The border countries of the EU bear most of the responsibility over the asylum seekers as other Member States are left with only a handful of refugees; asylum seekers apply asylum in another Member State than in the one they have been assigned to; and the rights of refugees continue to be at jeopardy even after they have successfully fled from the armed conflict, civil war or oppression and sought asylum inside the borders of the EU. In order to have asylum seekers’ human rights in line with international standards, there must be fair and efficient system that distributes the responsibility between the Member States of the EU.
Approximately 4.8 million refugees have fled to Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq. Additionally, 6.6 million refugees are internally displaced inside of Syria. Most of these refugees are being treated as if they aren’t equal members of society, their rights are being stripped from them and they are being dehumanized through various poor treatment. Martin Luther King fought for the freedom of black people because they weren’t being given fair rights as equal human beings, they were being seen as lower than society, which is exactly what is happening to Syrian refugees. In some cases refugees aren’t only being treated as if they aren’t equal contributing members of society, but they are being completely disregarded in general.
Canada has been letting in refugees from all over the world, especially the refugees from Syria. Tons of these refugees are easily accepted and are not looked at properly. A refugee is someone who have fled their country due to prosecution, war or violence . Refugees in countries that are at war might not have any documents due to the fact that they probably escaped and didn’t have any time to gather their documents. Tons of these people have lost everything that were close to them including family and friends, homes etc.
Not only that, but they do it by the millions, moving in independent crowds step by step on the grounds that there is security (Acuesta, 2017). The explanations for their movement include issues such as social, racial, religious and political persecution, war, climate change, hunger and gender orientation. These vulnerable refugees have no other choice than to seek protection and we are denying their human rights and stripping away their human dignity. A United Nations Refugee Agency survey conducted in Australia in 2011 showed that 35% of people favoured turning back boats or detention of arrivals and deportation, while only 22% favoured eligibility for permanent settlement. Clearly there is much controversy surrounding this issue as it can create many effects within a nations, both positive and negative.
The foundations for protecting refugees and migrants are a humane approach to human suffering and adherence to international humanitarian law. An improved screening and resettlement process would also improve the West's muddled response to today's displacement crisis. Introduction of the Immigration crisis Migrants and refugees flooding into Europe from Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia have presented European leaders and policymakers with their greatest challenge since the debt crisis. The International
INTRODUCTION To start, it’s important to note that some people deny that we have moral obligations to needy non-citizens like refugees. For many, the state’s obligations are entirely towards its own citizens. If they acknowledge moral obligations to refugees, they are what philosophers call Good Samaritan obligations: obligations to help non-citizens only when the need is great. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE There are many cases in which countries have faced their own refugee crisis like when the US experienced its own refugee
Leaders and governments around the world have labelled refugees as being a burden on their country either directly or indirectly. These leaders only see them as people who are trying to get into their country to escape the civil war, but fail to see that the refugees are also risking their lives in the process. At present, there are approximately 54.5 million refugees that are displaced, the largest refugee crisis the world has ever seen and they have nowhere to go. The question of doing the right thing and taking them in has been squashed due to various reasons and it appears to be that each country has adopted the ‘each man for himself’ policy by stating that it is their duty to only look after its citizens and no one else.
A refugee is a person who has been forced to leave their home country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. There are many different types of refugees, these include refugees who are escaping war, social discrimination, racial discrimination, religious persecution, those who are seeking aid after a natural disaster, political unrest, and those who fear for their lives and the lives of their family. These people are given refugee status and are placed in designated refugee camps across the country where they are supposed to be cared for and educated, but this is not happening. Many of the countries only provide shelter for the refugees but do not provide the rest of the basic needs. There are many factors that contribute to a person becoming a refugee these include war, famine, racial prejudice, religion, harassment or torture due to political views, nationality, and natural disaster.
Anthony J. D 'Angelo. One thing is very clear: these few countries doing their best to help refugees can’t manage the refugee issue on their own. We need global cooperation. Therefore, the only solution is moving on to end the bloodbaths and poverty lakes while simultaneously accepting the humanitarian responsibility of taking in the refugees. Migration is a global issue.
Finally, from the Syrian civil war, 250,000 unfortunate people have died. When multitudes of people migrate to one country, that country would, in turn, become extremely pressured. “The pressures caused by massive influxes of people can be overwhelming”(“What's Driving the Global Refugee Crisis?”). Every year, Germany alone spends 21.7 billion dollars on anything which is refugee related, and with oncoming demand in Germany, this number continues to grow higher. The European Refugee Crisis has also displaced nine million Syrians’ homes, making it troublesome for countries to house them.