When discussing the suffering of refugees, it’s important to consider human rights because the essential human rights of these refugees are being violated almost daily. These asylum seekers are smuggled in large numbers everyday by water and land and often end up dying or in worse situations than they sought refuge from. Not only do we as human beings have a duty to help those who are suffering, but politics, and those who make up our political systems globally share that duty. The focus on human dignity and access to rights gives rise to an ethical motivation which seeks to inspire law, politics, and individual and collective behavior (Tibaldeo and Vietti 46). It is the duty of governments, along with individual citizens of the world to serve
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This collective duty that world leaders realize should be implemented into worldwide refugee resettlement in countries whose current infrastructure can support them. Singer’s example of the Bengali refugees corresponds directly to the threat that the Syrian refugees pose to the greater good, or level of happiness within our global society. It’s important to note that it’s not only the responsibility of European governments to create systems for resettlement because of their proximity to the situation, as Singer points out with the Bengali crisis, but governments around the world including the United States, must cooperate across international borders to solve this massive crisis. Australian, Canadian, and American government must look at the way that countries like Germany are taking charge and resettling large numbers of refugees and follow suit. With more than 59.4 million people “forcibly displaced worldwide, including 19.5 million refugees, mostly living in developing countries,” Syrian refugees are in desperate need of global assistance (Vietti and Tibaldeo 43). The cooperation of citizens of powerful countries is important to urge their governments to take agency and create policies and plans to efficiently and effectively resettle refugees in their home …show more content…
With most refugees living in third world countries, often surrounding Syria, their suffering is often not decreasing. Through resettlement and utility control is given to governments in regards to the number of refugees taken in and the way their systems work. This control that’s given to these governments is important because they can protect a larger number of refugee through the utilization of efficient systems of resettlement. The opportunities that will be given to the refugees once they’re resettled may be challenging to distributed without implications on the current systems of each respective government but the need for the resettlement of refugees is growing and should be the priority of governments around the world. Resettlement is the only ethically valid way to increase global happiness and reduce the suffering of the millions of refugees affected by the Syrian refugee
This collective duty that world leaders realize should be implemented into worldwide refugee resettlement in countries whose current infrastructure can support them. Singer’s example of the Bengali refugees corresponds directly to the threat that the Syrian refugees pose to the greater good, or level of happiness within our global society. It’s important to note that it’s not only the responsibility of European governments to create systems for resettlement because of their proximity to the situation, as Singer points out with the Bengali crisis, but governments around the world including the United States, must cooperate across international borders to solve this massive crisis. Australian, Canadian, and American government must look at the way that countries like Germany are taking charge and resettling large numbers of refugees and follow suit. With more than 59.4 million people “forcibly displaced worldwide, including 19.5 million refugees, mostly living in developing countries,” Syrian refugees are in desperate need of global assistance (Vietti and Tibaldeo 43). The cooperation of citizens of powerful countries is important to urge their governments to take agency and create policies and plans to efficiently and effectively resettle refugees in their home …show more content…
With most refugees living in third world countries, often surrounding Syria, their suffering is often not decreasing. Through resettlement and utility control is given to governments in regards to the number of refugees taken in and the way their systems work. This control that’s given to these governments is important because they can protect a larger number of refugee through the utilization of efficient systems of resettlement. The opportunities that will be given to the refugees once they’re resettled may be challenging to distributed without implications on the current systems of each respective government but the need for the resettlement of refugees is growing and should be the priority of governments around the world. Resettlement is the only ethically valid way to increase global happiness and reduce the suffering of the millions of refugees affected by the Syrian refugee