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author:: Leah Durst-Lee
full title:: Challenging the Refugee “Crisis”
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Highlights
- A quick internet search for the phrase ‘refugee crisis’ reveals millions of references by pro- and anti-immigrant governments, news organizations, academic reports, and NGOs. Most, if not all, of these sources agree on one thing — there is indeed a crisis.
- Is it the situation in the home country which influenced migrants and refugees to move, like war or famine? Is it the sheer numbers of migrants and refugees traveling through countries not their own, sometimes referred to in collectivizing and dehumanizing language such as swarms, surges or invasions? Or is it the inability of the international community to create safe, legal pathways for migrants and refugees — instead leaving them with few choices but to risk their lives traveling by foot or raft in search of protection?
- In a world of 8 billion people, surely we could work together to safely relocate 1.47 million refugees (0.01%) — right?
- Why were the European Union and United States able to swiftly and decisively support Ukrainian refugees, but not the rest of the 1.47 million who are in need of immediate emergency resettlement?