The Syrian Civil War began on March 15th, 2011 when pro-democracy protests occurred throughout the country demanding an end to the authoritarian regime that President Bashar Hafez al-Assad had kept in place after his father and previous leader of the country, Hafez al-Assad died in 2000. The Syrian government then began suppressing the demonstrations by using violence and extensive use of police and military forces, and many have witnessed several beatings and killings of protesters by these forces. To this day, Assad has been killing his own people by targeting cities and areas containing rebels by using powerful tanks, mortars, rockets and sharpshooters. With ISIS now gaining more landmass in Syria, people are forced to decide whether to fight in rebel groups that are against the dictatorial Syrian government, be pro-Assad, join ISIS, or in this case, flee their homeland. This has unleashed the worst refugee crisis since World War II, with many nations facing the inevitable of hundreds of thousands of Syrians seeking asylum.
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The European Union is struggling to keep up with the massive influx of migrants, as they constantly need more funds in order to deliver supplies that these people so desperately need. According to the United Nations, their humanitarian agencies are on the brink of bankruptcy and are essentially incapable of meeting the needs of millions of refugees as the UNHCR has had a 10% drop in donations and funding, and thus having to close clinics and shortening food rations. . The most vulnerable refugees located in Lebanon receive less than a dollar a day or $13.50 a month for food services due to funding shortages. The living conditions in Lebanon for more than half of Syrian refugees are below the local poverty line where they are packed in overcrowded shelters and apartments, and rent is
The European Union is struggling to keep up with the massive influx of migrants, as they constantly need more funds in order to deliver supplies that these people so desperately need. According to the United Nations, their humanitarian agencies are on the brink of bankruptcy and are essentially incapable of meeting the needs of millions of refugees as the UNHCR has had a 10% drop in donations and funding, and thus having to close clinics and shortening food rations. . The most vulnerable refugees located in Lebanon receive less than a dollar a day or $13.50 a month for food services due to funding shortages. The living conditions in Lebanon for more than half of Syrian refugees are below the local poverty line where they are packed in overcrowded shelters and apartments, and rent is