Syrian Refugees

I am going to describe about the topic today. This talks about Syrian Refugees. There is one big question about it, why aren’t Gulf Countries taking in Syrian refugees?

Most people from countries in conflict Syrian tried to cross the Mediterranean to Europe by using boat. They take the risks journey to escape from their country. There are 11 people drowned every day in 2015 so far. They went to Europe because the Gulf countries close the door for them. GCC (Gulf Corporation Council) has six countries that is the wealthiest. They are Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Arab Saudi and Uni Arab Emirat (UAE). They did not want to take the Syrian refugees although they are the rich countries.

No one of GCC (Gulf Corporation Council) want to take Syrian refugees. They just gave the aid by fundraising money such as Kuwait and UAE. Kuwait gave $800 million since 2012 and UAE has given $364 million. But it is still lower than $1 billion from UK and $3 billion from US. GCC has two reasons why they did not take the Syrian refugees into their country. The first is they have never signed the International conventions on refugee rights and statelessness. The second is their wealth just to concern among the small populations of citizens.

The issue became most popular because many on social media, in newspaper columns and in satirical cartoons, the citizens have voice calls to the leaders to open the door. The solution for this problem is the Gulf Countries should change the policy. The have could begin to integrate with the international refugee system. They also could immediately make work visas available to Syrian and the right to bring their family. 

In my conclusion, this talks about the humanity sense. The GCC as the wealthiest countries should help the Syrian refugees not only donor the money but also to take them into their country.