The Future for the Country of Syria

The country of Syria has been in war for the past few years now. Small towns have been destroyed, the lives of innocent people have been taken and the visions of a future for the country of Syria have faded away. Around the world countries have come together to help the citizens of Syria, by providing permanent homes and temporary homes as well. Millions of refugees have been helped but there are still some stuck in the country desperately seeking help. In the beginning some countries closed their doors their doors to taking in refugees. But now that the future of Syria seems less bright, the temporary homes are becoming permanent and countries have now opened their doors to taking in refugees.

The country of Syria is in war as i'm writing this blog post. The war is due to a terrible government that isn't doing anything to stop or even prevent the war. These wars are practically the fault of the Syrian government itself. The only way that the country will be safe again is if the government undergoes major changes. What I mean by that is that the president of Syria will have to resign from his position and new elections will go. But the problem is that Syria has lost more than half of their soldiers, they've lost their weapons and they've lost territory. Another election could lead to another war ans Syria is no longer equipped for war.

The temporary homes for the refugees like the camps built in Turkey, Greece and Lebanon are over capacitated and the countries themselves no longer have the ressources to support the refugees with food, water and shelter. Like I said they were only supposed to be temporary homes but they've been temporary for too long now and eventually it wont be helping the refugees anymore. Countries like Canada and Germany do have the capacity to take in refugees but even there, there are limits such as job opportunities and living spaces.

Abandoning the refugees an sending them back to Syria is not an option tho. They are human and deserve a fair chance at living a good life. The countries around the world need to come together more then they already have and come to agreement that we as a world need to help out the people of Syria and give them the opportunities they deserve.

As for the future of the country of Syria, all that can be done is to hope that they regain their humanity and stop fighting. I hope you all enjoyed my post, it was a pleasure writing it!
Happy summer:)

Source:
Greg Wilson(my dad)

Mistreated in their new country

Hello readers! Wow it's been quite a while since I've written a post. I apologize but I am back now and here to write an excellent post for you guys.  So in this post what I will be talking about is cases of mistreated Syrians in the countries that have taken them in to give them a "better life".

One of the cases I will be writing about in this post is the case in London Ontario when 20 just-arrived Syrians filed complaints against the city's main settlement. The complaints I will be talking about are four examples from a group of refugees. They claimed that many of the hotels they were placed in were understaffed and inadequate, medical services were not provided in a timely manner, the food was borderline unsuitable for human consumption and that big families of for example 6 were laced into an apartment of home suitable for only 2.

I think that these are big issues and the refugees were right to have launched complaints. The whole point of bringing in the refugees was to give them a better safer life. They come from having lived in the middle of the desert with no food and then we bring them to Canada and stuff them in a tiny spot with terrible conditions... How is that better? Now dont get me wrong, its better then living in fear of war but  they should be treated more properly then we have been treating them.

Peter Fragiskatos, a liberal MP for London North Center has agreed that these are serious concerns. "Is there validity there or not? I dont take these concerns lightly.... I've forwarded it to the department of immigration,  and they are looking into it". These concerns need to be brought more to the attention of people like Justin Trudeau who is the one that had the idea of bringing them in. Maybe for his next group of refugees he should pay more attention to them after bringing them in. A church group has started a petition to remove the refugees from the harsh circumstances and giving them better life conditions like a regular citizen would have. I think this is a great idea because it exposes the harsh truths and makes the people realize that not everything is good.

Londoner Mariam Hamou, who has been involved with volunteer efforts to welcome the refugees has said that they are not filing the complaint because they are upset at the Canadian government. "They are very grateful but they are upset with how the CCLC has dealt with them".  As a Canadian citizen I am too truly upset at how they were treated. Canada was supposed to be their safe landing and not another nightmare. Hopefully this is brought to the attention of the people with power and things change for the refugees. Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed. Make sure to tune in for my next post!

Source:
http://www.lfpress.com/2016/06/14/londons-cross-cultural-learner-centre-mistreated-refugees-20-just-arrived-syrians-say