Syrian Refugees Research Paper

In recent news reports, the European Union (EU) are currently struggling through a refugee crisis as millions of refugees are fleeing from Syria from the ongoing civil war under the regime of President Assad and Islamic extremists violently attacking and executing the citizens. The neighboring states around Syria that hosts the refugee camps are “burden[ed] by housing, feeding, and caring for millions of refugees. Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey and Iraq have absorbed an estimated 4 million refugees so far. The others are mostly heading for Europe.” ( , ) The United States is also under heavy pressure since the UN High Commissioner for Refugees “(UNHCR) is seeking to resettle 130,000 Syrian refugees over the next two years and has thus …show more content…
During the post-independence stage, the country went through a continuing cycle of political turmoil until the 1970s; when Hafez al-Assad came into power, leading an authoritarian regime. (,) In other words, a government that fails to discuss the elections with its citizens and enforces strict control. For example: not honored the right to personal speech and freedom. After Hafez al-Assad’s death, his son Bashar al-Assad took over. (, ) Starting in early 2011, protesters began to revolt against the al-Assad regime due to the lack of personal freedom and laws in support of legal government branches. “The government responded by arresting dozens. More protests were held in reaction to the arrests but were put down violently by government security forces”. (Culturegrams,...) Not only were the protesters met with death and arrest from the militias, the government forces continued the battle with chemical weapons against rebel groups who executed and tortured many Syrians and neighboring states in the middle east. In areas of northeast Syria the citizens are “ vulnerable to Islamic extremists such as the Islamic State.” (Culturegrams,