United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

adamant about taking in refugees. Before going into the main points it is imperative that we define our terms. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner defines the word Refugee as someone who “owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion,…

areas and create a spillover effect that helps all involved. In the context of the refugee crisis a neoliberal institutionalism would look to create and work through an international organization to bring an end to the crisis. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees could be used as an example of a current international institution trying to solve the problem through neoliberal institutionalist…

George Soros is ready to invest in companies started by migrants and refugees, including startups, existing businesses, and organizations that meet refugees' unique needs, according to CNBC. He believes that private capital will help mitigate the global migration crisis, along with government assistance. President Obama has already urged private sector engagement and Soros is answering with millions. The money, up to $500 million, will come from Soros' Open Society Foundations, with any profits…

The Unfair Treatment of Haitian Refugees compared to their Cuban Counterparts. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), there are more refugees today than ever before—and more than half of them are believed to be children. Most of these people have left their homes in search of better living conditions and economic opportunities. This is especially true for Cuban and Haitian refugees. Living in a forever-changing world, we have to start rethinking our old…

Refugee Crisis Refugees are a worldwide problem today. There are no region or continent lacks refugees. People caught between danger at home and loss of identity in a strange land. Today, more than 19 million people forced to flee their homelands because of the war, persecution, and oppression; an estimated 42,500 more join them daily (Taub, 2015). They seek safety in strange societies where they may be isolated from the rest their family. Recent examples include Syrians who were forced from…

thing is clear: refugees require abilities and knowledge to help them adapt to their new situations, incorporate into communities, and prosper. Only one half of refugee children have ingress to primary education, in contrast to a global average of more than 90 per cent. The gap broadens as these children age, with only 22 per cent of refugee adolescents attending secondary school compared to a global average of 84 per cent. At the higher education level, fewer than one per cent of refugees…

years, refugees fleeing from their home countries because of political reasons, on boats with severe conditions, increased immensely, and the Social, Cultural, and Humanitarian Committee needs to tackle the problem of maritime refugees immediately to provide the refugees with safety and security to ensure their basic human rights. Search for missing refugees and rescue of the drowning refugees have been continued and the number of reported deaths declined. However, the issue of taking in…

Before Deo was able to escape the harsh conditions of the civil war, he had no other choice but to stay in a refugee camp. Refugee camps aim to meet basic human needs, but the lack of space and infrastructure usually only allows refugees to settle temporarily. Most people seek refugee camps because they have escaped war in their home country and are seeking asylum that is granted in another country. These camps provide food and medicine; however, most people face infectious diseases and…

A History To Rewrite - Syrian Refugee Crisis The United States of America is always considered as a role model country for many other countries and people of different countries. People of different countries always look at America as their final hope when their country is going through different crisis. Moreover, America always share a great history of stepping up and help protecting the rights and moral values of those people in need. This time, the innocence Syrian people are looking at the…

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…