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Han Jun Park 201521630 May15, 2016 Professor Vincent Should countries accept refugees actively? Recently, the picture of one refugee girl named “Kurdi” became an issue online. She was drowned by the refugee ship accident at Mississippi River. Refugee problems became a hot issue by this one picture and many people felt much sympathy for that girl and refugees around the world (Walsh, 1). Many refugees are dying every year and these problems are getting worse. However, countries cannot accept refugees just because of sympathy they feel. Many problems might occur by accepting them. First, many social problems will occur. To start with, many crimes might happen. Actually in , the crime rates increased dramatically last year after accepting refugees actively. The number of crimes committed by refugees was more than 200,000 (Hall, 1). It was more than twice as the number two years before. In addition, much social discrimination might occur. As refugees are different to local people, they might be treated differently to local people and mostly in bad ways. Refugees can get socially alienated at school or workplace. For example, 11 year old Syrian refugee boy who lives in Lebanon interviewed that he was getting bullied by Lebanon students and cannot concentrate on learning (Maroun, 1). At last, social tension might be made. Refugees get lots of benefits from governments which is not available to local people. This inequality will lead to social tension between local people and refugees. Many local people might be unsatisfied of this situation and complain about it. Some of them might even blame government for this inequality. For instance, many local people might complain about the basic livelihood and lots of educations offered to refugees because there are also many local people who cannot even live a basic life and get a chance of education. Second, many economical problems will occur. At first, massive amount of money

are spent by accepting refugees. Money that is spent to refugees is mostly from taxes of local people. As a result, quality of local people’s lives will decline. For example, which accepted 1.2 million refugees last year spent 2.2 billion Euros. This is massive amount of money. What’s more, as population grows by influx of refugees, chances of getting a job or education will decrease. For example, number of students who want to go to college will increase and cause competition harder than before. Lastly, increased number of population will lead to lack of resources and commodities, therefore cause a price rise. For instance, the price of products in Jordan rose a lot because of the Syrian refugees entering the countries each day(Madanat, 1). Lastly, many cultural problems will occur. To start with, religious problems are the most serious problems among lots of cultural problems. Most of the refugees are Muslims; however some countries have bad perception to Muslims (Data team, 1). Therefore, many conflicts and crimes happen because of religious difference. For example, Muslim refugees increased crime in by 65 percentages (Greenfield, 1). Additionally, there will be lots of troubles educating refugees and also many conflicts because of many cultural differences beside religions. For instance, refugees can have troubles eating foods or wearing costumes. If local people and refugees do not understand and respect each other’s cultures, there might be lots of conflicts. Lastly as many refugees come from different countries and have different cultures, the value of traditional culture can be degraded. For example, as many local people meet different cultures, they can often forget and ignore their own traditional cultures. . As I mentioned above, many problems occur by accepting refugees. So, countries cannot accept refugees easily just because of sympathy for them. People should not just ignore the growing number of refugees and their situations. Countries around the world should discuss about these serious problems actively and try to find proper alternatives. Works Cited - Walsh, Bryan “Alan Kurdi’s Story: Behind The Most Heartbreaking Photo of 2015” http://time.com/4162306/alan-kurdi-syria-drowned-boy-refugee-crisis/ 29, Dec, 2015. Web.

15, June, 2016. - Hall, Allan “’s migrant crisis: Refugees committed more than 200,000crimes last year” http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/644827/refugees-committed-crimes-migrant-crisis-last-year 17, Feb, 2016. Web. 15, June, 2016 - Maroun, Sandy “Discrimination and bullying makes learning hard for Syrian refugees in Lebanon” http://www.wvi.org/meero/article/discrimination-and-bullying-makes-learninghard-syrian-refugees-lebanon 11, Dec, 2013. Web. 15, June, 2016 - Madanat, Hay “Impact of Refugees on Societies” https://blog.hopesforwomen.org/2013/01/29/impacts-of-refugees-on-societies-by-hayamadanat/ 29, Jan, 2013. Web. 15, June, 2016 -Data team “Islam in Europe: perception and reality” http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2016/03/daily-chart-15 Mar, 23, 2016. Web. 15, June, 2016 -Greenfield, Daniel “Muslim migrants increase crime in by 65%” http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/260393/muslim-migrants-increase-crime--65daniel-greenfield Oct, 8, 2015. Web. 15, June, 2015