Persuasive Essay For Refugees

In a high-level meeting on Syria, the former secretary-general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, stressed, “communities hosting refugees . . . are exhausted. Health, education, and public utilities are overstretched and under-resourced.” In this address, Ban is highlighting just one of many challenges created by the global refugee crisis. There are many people fleeing areas of war, unrest, and destruction, and those fleeing danger and disaster deserve the same rights as those who live in safety. Masses of people leaving war-torn countries often find themselves in refugee camps, where they wait in order to attain proper processing for asylum or immigration outside the conflict zone. These camps often spring up rapidly, with little time to establish effective, permanent infrastructures. A refugee camp usually consists of many tents and portable structures, and the temporary nature of these camps offer unique challenges for those working to maintain and improve conditions for the people living there. According to a 2012 report on the world’s refugees by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the global population of refugees exceeds 10 million (State of the World’s Refugees). Given these numbers, there are many challenges in providing …show more content…
Additionally, refugees often experience traumatic events in their home country such as war, rape, famine, epidemic, or natural disaster (Arega, 102; State of the World’s Refugees). As refugees flee their homes, they do not leave these experiences behind, instead bringing their illnesses, injuries, ailments, and emotional trauma. It would be an injustice for people to leave one unsafe environment and enter another. A well-coordinated PMO has the potential to improve the healthcare infrastructure in refugee camps, and therefore improve the health and well-being of its