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Capstone Project - 2017: Global Refugee Crisis

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Background Article

“Every minute, 24 people around the world are forced to flee their homes. That’s 34,000 people a day who leave everything behind in the hope of finding safety and a better tomorrow.

WHO IS A REFUGEE?

A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war, or violence. A refugee has a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group. Most likely, they cannot return home or are afraid to do so. War and ethnic, tribal and religious violence are leading causes of refugees fleeing their countries.” Source: http://www.care.org/emergencies/global-refugee-crisis

“The number of refugees and internally displaced now stands at more than 65 million, the largest figure ever recorded. According to the UN Refugee Agency, more than half of the world’s refugees come from just three countries ravaged by conflict – Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia (these figures do not include the 5.2 million Palestinians registered by the UN Relief and Works Agency). For front-line states such as Turkey, Pakistan, Lebanon, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the pressures caused by massive influxes of people can be overwhelming. The cost to future generations is even more alarming: half of all refugees in 2015 were children.” Source: https://www.crisisgroup.org/global/what-s-driving-global-refugee-crisis

Questions and Claims

Questions to Consider about the Global Refugee Crisis​

  • What should the international community do to help the refugees?

  • How can we make the lives of refugees better?

  • What are the problems facing the refugees who have escaped to other countries?

  • How has the United States responded to the refugee crisis? How have other countries?

  • Should the U.S. take more refugees?

  • Which countries are doing the best job of helping refugees? Which are doing the worst?

  • What are the pros and cons for countries who take in refugees?

  • Are rich countries doing enough to help the refugees?

Databases

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