Countries come together

Hello everyone! I am super duper happy that everyone enjoyed reading my last post so much, it makes writing new posts so much more exciting! So in my last post I talked about Canada and how newly elected Prime minister Justin Trudeau entered the project of helping the refugees. I've had many requests to talk about the other countries that are involved in helping so that's what  I will be talking about in this post.

Since the beginning of the war in Syria, almost 4 million refugees have left the country and fled to other countries. Many long journeys such as great walking distances and crossing large bodies of water have been undertaken by the refugees to reach safer countries. Many countries have accepted the refugees but other countries have chosen to not get involved. Countries such as Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Greece have taken in large amounts of refugees. Turkey leading with 1,9 million refugees, followed by Lebanon with 1,5 million refugees, and then Jordan with 1,4 million and finally Greece with a quarter of a million. Unfortunately those countries are not offering permanent homes and are only offering refugee camps for a temporary amount of time in hopes to send the refugees back when the war is over. 

But countries like Italy, The United States of America, Australia, Germany, Sweden, France and Britain are offering permanent homes for the refugees. Italy has taken in 110,00 refugees, the USA has taken in only 1,500 but has given 4.1 billion dollars since 2012 to Syria to help, Australia has taken in 4,400 refugees, Sweden has taken in 80 000, France has taken in 24 000 and Britain plans on taking in 20 000 by then end of 2020. But out of all those countries, there is one that has taken in the largest number of permanent refugees which is Germany with 1.8 million taken in.

 Now you may be asking yourself a couple of questions like why would Germany take in so many permanently? Well here's the answer. Germany estimates that the work force will drop 6 million people by 2030 because the death rate is higher than the birth rate, making it hard to keep a growing expansion. Many businesses are relieved because a large number of refugees are  seeking jobs and will practically take anything that is offered to them. Daniel Kok, an owner of a flooring business has been looking for a few new employees and so he hired refugee Tesfagebriel Abraha and offered him a position until 2018. Over the past few years 1,5 million job opportunities   have been opened and Germany hopes that the refugees will help fill in those job positions.

 Another possible question that you might be asking yourself is why some countries have only offered temporary living arrangements. Its a complicated issue and these countries have simple decided that they do not want  to permanently take in a bunch of newcomers as it isn't possible to help. For example in Jordan, the refugees are already struggling with water and energy resources.

In my opinion I think that as a world it is our job to come together and help our countries in need. Fortunate countries need to put themselves in the shoes of unfortunate countries like Syria and realize that we can't just abandon them and that it is our duty to help them during their tough times.

Many countries have come together in helping the refugees. Some countries have decided to take in the refugees and some countries have decided not to and have decided to only provide temporary conditions. Is there  a right or wrong decision? I guess only time will tell. In my next post I will be talking about families that have settled in to their new countries and experiences that they have had. I hope you enjoyed reading this post and are looking forward to my next post:)

Sources;
1)http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-migrants-scorecard-20150908-story.html
2)http://www.businessinsider.com/r-in-ageing-germany-refugees-seen-as-tomorrows-skilled-workers-2015-9