Nearly 800,000 people were killed in a matter of ninety days. The people of Rwanda were slaughtered by machete, cut to pieces, and hacked to death. Yet the rest of the world stood by, watching as if mass genocide had never occurred. The Clinton administration feared that if they labeled the act genocide they would have to help. The United Nations removed their troops from the country, allowing the genocide to take place. If United Nations troops stayed in Rwanda and demonstrated that they would use force if necessary, the Rwandan genocide would’ve never taken place. Correspondingly, when another country is in need of help it is a responsibility for other countries to step in and offer a helping hand. The Rwandan genocide took place
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First of all, the United Nations could set up housing areas for refugees all throughout their countries. As of now, most all the refugees are trying to get to Germany. This is because that is the only place where they feel welcome. However, if all the refugees flow into Germany it will end up hurting their economy. The solution to this problem is having each country, that is a part of the United Nations, take in an equal amount of refugees. This doesn’t need to be exactly the same number for each country, but it should correspond with the size, wealth, and situation of the country. A second way to step in and offer help to the refugees would be offering transportation from one country to the next. Right now thousands of refugees are walking over 400 miles to get to Germany. This is dangerous and could cause many problems with transportation for others living among the countries. If the process of transporting the refugees improved then the ability to house them would be easier. However, with this a lot more refugees would be flowing into countries, so the only way this could happen was if more countries accepted refugees. The last way that people could help this refugee crisis would be by spreading knowledge about the crisis throughout the world. Many people have no clue what is going on. By becoming more educated on the problem a lot more people would understand that they need to help, and also what cause they are helping. “I really don’t know enough about it to help. I don’t know who these people are or even where they are coming from…” (Kristy Sharp). This proves that the lack of education is one reason that people aren’t helping. They only know what the media tells them, and currently in media refugees are portrayed very negatively. All in all, the United Nations needs to figure out how to handle the refugees, make easy access to new homes, and educate people on
First of all, the United Nations could set up housing areas for refugees all throughout their countries. As of now, most all the refugees are trying to get to Germany. This is because that is the only place where they feel welcome. However, if all the refugees flow into Germany it will end up hurting their economy. The solution to this problem is having each country, that is a part of the United Nations, take in an equal amount of refugees. This doesn’t need to be exactly the same number for each country, but it should correspond with the size, wealth, and situation of the country. A second way to step in and offer help to the refugees would be offering transportation from one country to the next. Right now thousands of refugees are walking over 400 miles to get to Germany. This is dangerous and could cause many problems with transportation for others living among the countries. If the process of transporting the refugees improved then the ability to house them would be easier. However, with this a lot more refugees would be flowing into countries, so the only way this could happen was if more countries accepted refugees. The last way that people could help this refugee crisis would be by spreading knowledge about the crisis throughout the world. Many people have no clue what is going on. By becoming more educated on the problem a lot more people would understand that they need to help, and also what cause they are helping. “I really don’t know enough about it to help. I don’t know who these people are or even where they are coming from…” (Kristy Sharp). This proves that the lack of education is one reason that people aren’t helping. They only know what the media tells them, and currently in media refugees are portrayed very negatively. All in all, the United Nations needs to figure out how to handle the refugees, make easy access to new homes, and educate people on