Syrian Civil War: Refugees In The United States

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The Syrian civil war is a war between Ba’ath government and the forces who want to remove the government. This has led to peoples’ homes being destroyed and them not knowing what to do, and people calling them Syrian refugees. Around 11 million Syrians have fled their homes due to the civil war, which started in March of 2011, the same time the Syrian civil war started. It has been six years since the war, now 13.5 million refugees are in need of humanitarian assistance. Many refugees have nowhere to go. That is why America should accept Syrian refugees because of diversity, business, and the economy. Since America has a low population of Syrian refugees, it would be beneficial for the US to have more diversity. According to CBS46, they state …show more content…
Also, PBSNewsHour writes, “In Iceland, refugee population helps yield diversity, economic growth…But many people on this island nation in the middle of the North Atlantic welcome the prospect of their traditional white, Christian country becoming more multicultural.” In Alaska, they have a high diversity rate, this is however because of Syrian refugees coming to Alaska. They also states that North Atlantic will welcome people of all backgrounds in hopes of being more diverse. The ability to respect other peoples’ religion, background, and culture is a very important skill the world should be able to learn, it’s also a vital skill this globalized world should know (Huffington Post). If America accepts refugees, then we can learn how to respect their cultural differences. Since we learn from our past, we should be able to understand and learn from other peoples’ differences, whether that be skin color or religion. It should be the same for Syrian …show more content…
TheGlobeandMail states “Canada has welcomes 27,580 Syrians…The influx of newcomers are no looking for work, leading some Syrian refugees to start small businesses in their communities.” If Syrians come to America, then they will need to be able to work, which will lead to more money being gained as a producer for the US. Not to mention the amount of help businesses would get from Syrians and also it would be beneficial in other ways as well. Furthermore, Huffpost writes “Canada’s open approach to immigration and its willingness to welcome tens of thousands of Syrian refugees id and ‘enlightened’ move that will benefit the country’s business sector” If refugees would help the business in Canada, then they would most likely help the business in America too. They can make companies which give people more jobs which will help both the economy and business. An example of Syrians being able to benefit the US’s business is stated by Innovation.unhcr. They state “Disability is not inability- refugee turns entrepreneur hours after fleeing…Days after he and tens of thousands of other civilians fled…Adam had set up shop under a large tree inside of Uganda.” If refugees are able to set up shop and become an entrepreneur outside of Uganda, surely they would be able to set up shop in the US. It would also give them more business which is a win-win situation for both America and the

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