Month: April 2019

Younes, Abi E. “Displacement, Deprivation and Hard Work among Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon.” Relief Web, 13 Dec. 2018, https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/e001122.full_.pdf

This very informative article provides information about Syrian refugee children who are involved with child labor in Lebanon. The article provides useful statistics collected from cross-sectional studies done. They randomly selected 153 informal tented settlements and interviewed many working Syrian refugee children living in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon.  The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has registered 5.6 million Syrian refugees, half of them are under the age of 18. Hundreds of Syrian children, as young as just four years old in Lebanon are being forced to work and endure harsh and harmful labor. Many children who are being forced to work in harsh conditions as well, which harms their health. Both young boys and girls were forced to work, however they discovered that working conditions were usually more intense for the girls, and compared to the boys, the girls had to work longer in the sun and cold and were more likely to report health symptoms at work. It was reported that 79 children said they witnessed another child die while working. The saddening truth about the living and working conditions of the Syrian refugee children was revealed through this study and research.

Close your eye’s and imagine screaming, gun fire, bombs exploding, building crumbling down and people crying now open your eyes. Do you think it’s over? Well so did these young children but now they are scarred. Not just from the violence but because they are risking their lives day by day. These children are still facing violence even as we speak they are being abused physically mostly by their fathers. Their suffering doesn’t end they have witnessed multiple deaths of friends and families and say the violence take away everything they cared about even the places they felt most safe.

There are many aspects of the Syrian Refugee crisis that many U.S. citizens aren’t aware of or educated on. One of the aspects being the issue of Syrian Refugee children and specifically their mental health and the emotional trauma that they have endured. Many Syrian Refugee children are suffering from mental heath issues such as PTSD, depression, anxiety, etc. and sadly, they rarely get the help that they need. Having these mental heath issues at such a young age not only affects their future but also makes it difficult for these children to integrate smoothly into a new social setting.

Most people have heard in passing or follow closely the Syrian Refugee crisis that is happening abroad. A lot of US citizens aren’t well informed on the happenings in Syria and would like to know more about the root cause of this situation and how it will impact their country or other countries.  When we hear about a large group of refugees seeking asylum in another country, there are some rational and irrational fears that come along with the news. I hope to provide both pros and cons to what impact an influx of refugees can do to a country.

Writer argues that children are the most affected group out of all the refugees. I am supportive of this thesis. I am not educated enough on the topic to be sure about it but i know that children are an important factor of any society and the children of the refugees are going to keep their culture alive. Using individual examples of affected children would make this an interesting paper.

The main issue of this thesis is about Syrian refugee children and all they have to endure. I am supportive of this thesis because I am also writing about the Syrian refugee children and what they have been through and even still going through. I know a lot about this issue because I have done a lot of research about this topic so I am well informed. I don’t think that I can care more about this issue because I am fully invested in this topic and I also want more people to be well informed and I think the author has the right idea.

It is unbelievable to me how the captains of these smugglers boats are running their so called business. It seems everyone who helps to smuggle Syrians are straight up crooks. They are constantly scamming to make more money. Threatening to not deliver on their word unless they are paid more money. I can’t imagine what it feels like to be a passenger on these boats and to not be told anything. They are living on pure hope that someone will hold on to their end of the bargain and bring them to Italy like they were told.

When the passengers realize they have been trolling the Benghazi coastline for days because their captain is trying to get more money, my heart broke for them.

An overall reflection for a moment.

We all come to a fork in road from time to time, the direction we choose greatly determines our experience. Kim Jung II was born into a life constantly faced with a new fork in the road. A big difference between his and most peoples is that his choices affected an entire country and everyone in it. No pressure…….

So he did what everyone does at the moment of decision, make what he felt was the right one and move forward, with what he felt was in the best interest of his people and country.

As you know i like to look at things with a different perspective than most, today is no exception to my rule.

I don’t see that much that Kim did in his rule that is different from any other ruler in the history of man kind, and at the same time the few things he did do that few others did not, put him in the “light of disapproval”

More elaboration on this point of view in the coming blogs, but for now i pose this question to all who judge others for there actions. If your families very life and future depended on your every action, would you not do whatever it took to insure there survival to the best of your ability?

After learning all the information from Syrian women refugees, I think what really moved me the most was the point when women had to be independent for their family to survive or to be dependent on someone else no matter what the cost was. One of the videos that I recently watched, talked about how a woman had to take a step in becoming the main provider for her family. This woman could no longer be the compassionate and comforting mother she was once before, for she had to be the stricter parent in order for them to protect themselves against the world. It was sad to hear that she had it all once this war broke out and when her husband became ill, she had no idea what to do first. In customs like these, I can see that it would be very difficult for her to adjust. Considering that we are a society that is very developed, women don’t depend on men to take care of them because we were grown to be independent and strong. I found what was really sad was the downfall of how some women couldn’t take care of their families, especially themselves. This led these women to either do sex trafficking or other sexual things in exchange for food, assistance or money.