The Refugee Crisis

“Where asylum is used as a route to economic migration, it can cause deep resentment in the host Community”-David Blunkett. In the past years there has been a Migrant Crisis going on due to the corruption in the middle east. Many Refugees are coming from war torn countries to more welcoming areas like the United States and the European Union. This however affects the citizens of said areas who do not want the refugees coming to their countries. It also affects the refugees themselves because the routes they take can be dangerous. Moreover, the wars in the middle east are a major contributor to this crisis. In addition to the European Schengen Area. The refugee crisis is causing problems for both the United States and the European Union, but …show more content…
The issue starts over in the middle east, this article states that Syria is the biggest contributor of the crisis, as well as countries like Iran and Afghanistan (Migrant Crisis: Migration to Europe). In addition to all the issue that the middle east has is really a burden to its citizens. Moreover, all the violence is causing people to leave their home countries to go to a more stable country. Then again not all citizens in said countries will be happy seeing refugees come to their country, United States senators have proved this according to Guardian.com United States senators have said that they will not be accepting any refugees into their states (Cambin, Kingsley and Nardelli). Because the United States senators are not allowing refuges to enter their states, they are in fact helping groups like Isis, as the refugees will start to believe that their only hope for survival is to join with Isis (Cambin, Kingsley and Nardelli). That being said, by not accepting the refugees there will be serious problems on both sides. The refugees might end up staying in war torn countries and join potential terrorist groups, which will bring the problems with terrorism up in the United States and European Union. Even if the U.S and E.U agree to allow the refugees to come over to their countries many will dies trying as states by BBC, [Everyone is dying] because of how overcrowded it gets (Migrant …show more content…
First of all, over in the European Union, borders are starting to be reintroduced in the passport free Schengen area. As a result of all the refugees who are passing through all the European Union countries to get to Germany (Rankin). Likewise, over in the United States, U.S senators just do not want to accept any refugees into their state, as more and more Americans are afraid that they might be part of Isis. Like this source states “Backlash against refugees is based largely on the fear that a Paris style attack could be replicated in America (Cambin, Kingsley and Nardelli). Moreover, the United States and the European Union are not the only ones who are down falling from this, but the refugees themselves are as well. Many of them are dying on the way to safer countries. As well as many of them are being separated due to the harsh conditions that abrupt from the middle east. Not to mention, it is also affecting the united of the European Union itself due to all the refuges who cross the borders of the Schengen area freely. With many choosing to go to Germany because according to TheWashingtonPost “Germany would offer temporary residency to all refugees arriving there (Sly). With this in the air, consequences are bound to happen for both parties, unless something is done. Both the EU and the US must take action to resolve all this chaos. Specifically, EU member states should be the