Deputy Commissioner

specific individual. There are three distinctions of priority currently in use as according to the United States Citizenship and Immigration services: priority one, “cases that are identified and referred to the program by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, a United States Embassy, or a designated non-governmental organization”; priority two, “groups of special humanitarian concern identified by the US refugee program”; and priority three, “family reunification cases. Once cases…

In the summer of 2015, Europe experienced the highest influx of Syrian refugees as a consequence of the civil war led by the Al-Assad family which ruled the country undemocratically since the 1970’s. After the Arab springs, a revolution which began in 2011 led to disbanding of numerous authoritarian regimes the Al-Assad’s refused to stop down and started a brutal civil war. This led to various groups of individuals fighting for varied ideals to fight one another. During this time, the extremist…

More than 11 million people have been displaced as a result of the Syrian civil war (MercyCorps, 2016). With a death toll of approximately 190,000 innocent women, children and men killed (MercyCorps, 2016) the Syrian civil war is considered to be the worst humanitarian crisis “of our era” (Peralta, 2014). For this reason, intervention and help are actions that need to be taken by the world leaders to provide aid to the refugees who flee their home country in hopes of being able to obtain peace…

The city of Aleppo is one of the most populated cities in the Levant and the one of the oldest in the world. Now, the effects of war have left the city in rubble. Families, like eight-year-old Huda’s, have had to flee their homes in search for shelter. They settled in a neighborhood west of the city. In her new home, Huda often yearns for the familiarity of her old room. Adjusting to her situation has been hard, as they barely have enough necessities to survive every day. Cuts to their water…

Education access to children refugees in the host countries is unbalanced because it depends on the camp, urban setting, and gender. Gross Enrollment Ratio show children enrollment to a specific education level irrespective of age when expressed as a percentage sometimes surpasses 100 percent because of the late entry of children refugee into schools or repetition of grades. Primary GER in 2009 for the refugees was 76 percent from 47 urban areas, 92 camps from 73 countries. Meanwhile,…

In the next four decades, developed nations can expect a flood of climate change refugees. A large array of actors including politicians, government agencies, journalists and activists will respond to news about migration and immigration in a number of ways, through religious, ideological and emotional lenses. What will determine refugee assimilation processes and treatment in foreign lands depends on a number and quality of frames harnessed by agencies and media groups involving climate change…

North Allegheny School District 10375 Perry Highway, Wexford, PA 15090 Riya Divekar, Ms.Volpe svolpe@northallegheny.org "The International Public Policy Forum" “Resolved: The obligation to provide safe haven for refugees should outweigh a government 's right to control its borders." "On our honor, we pledge that we have received no unauthorized assistance on this work." Affirmative Side In recent events, the amount of refugees has increased immensely. Currently there are long…

Syrian Refugees What would you do if you had a moment 's notice to pack and leave everything you once knew? This is what has been happening to Syrians for the past few years, sometimes only having time to take their families. 22.8% of the Syrian refugees signing up with the UNHCR are 18-59 year old males while 23.8% are females. 3 out of 4 of those females are single mothers with children. (Ross 8) Since the war in Syria broke out millions of refugees are looking for a place to live. The United…

While the cultural narrative divides refugees from nativists and finds reasons to bar refugees from entry to countries, Mohsin Hamid not only reveals the refugee perspective, but also questions the idea of nativism itself as a legitimate reason for division. While Exit West follows the story of Nadia and Saeed, it also includes the many other refugees that the couple run into, and the doors present opportunities not only for refugees fleeing war and persecution, but also for everyday people that…

recognised or resettled, Australia gave assistance to 0.48% (11,756) of the majority. This may be seen as only a small portion, but this has significantly changed each of those individual’s lives. Based on UNHCR also known as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Australia takes greatly more refugees than the others per capita basis. But bear in mind that the UNHCR only manages less than 1% of the refugees globally. The contributions from each and every country to the UNHCR is not a…