Showing posts with label Immigration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Immigration. Show all posts

Friday, 9 December 2016

Volunteerism, refugees and immigrants

Volunteerism
What is Volunteerism?
It is the principle of donating time and energy for the benefit of other people in the community as a social responsibility rather than for any financial reward.

Nowadays many people live under unacceptable conditions and volunteering can significantly help them.Except helping those in need,by volunteering you help yourself as well.It can make you feel better about yourself but not only that.Through it you can learn new skills and gain experience on multiple interesting things related to the kind of service you provide.Moreover, volunteerism can help your social life.You can become part of a community, meet new people and make new friends.Even without financial reward for your services and assistance, as I see it, it's still worth it.
Organizations related to Volunteerism
UNICEF
The United Nations Children's Fund ,UNICEF is a programme headquartered in New York City that provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.
UNICEF was created by the United Nations General Assembly on 11 December 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II.
Doctors Without Borders
Doctors Without Borders or Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is a non profitable international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971.MSF gives emergency aid to people affected by wars, epidemics, famine, natural disasters and man-made disasters, or areas where there is no health care available. It provides this help to all people, regardless of their race, religion or political beliefs.
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Immigrants-Refugees
These are two terms confused by many,however there are some pretty significant differences between them.
An immigrant is someone who chooses to resettle to another country willingly.Immigrants usually move to another country in order to obtain a better income or to find a job after not being able to, in their home country. Immigration is something very common nowadays, especially in Greece because of the elevated levels of unemployment.
A refugee however, is someone who has been forced to flee their home country usually because of war.They, do not move to another country willingly.

Immigrants are expected to come and they usually have the legal documents to live in another country.However, after an unexpected war, refugees are forced to leave and end up in a country which doesn't expect them and consequently problems emerge.
One essential problem is their integration into society. In Greece, for example, such a problem exists.
After the war in Syria, a considerable number of refugees arrived in Greece.The wealthy ones moved on to another destination while the needy ones got stuck here. They are impoverished and are surely in need of help, however an important decision should be made. How should we deal with them?It is hard for such an amount of refugees to be integrated into society, and the economic state of Greece is not ready to accept and help so many newcomers.There are various opinions about how this issue should be dealt with but my personal viewpoint is that the most fair solution would be for the refugees to be split up equally in every european country.When there are fewer refugees for every country to take care of their integration, both refugees and natives are benefited.These people are starving to death and strive to survive every day,it is only logical for them to turn to crime in order to live.This has refugees in a very bad,inhumane condition while natives are also in danger. These problems can be both solved with their allocation in multiple different countries.Finally,the refugees left in Greece can cultivate the land since agriculture is abandoned by many natives.The chunks of fertile land which are relinquished can be given to the refugees and in this way they can make a fair living while also financialy helping the country.




Friday, 30 October 2015

Immigration


Immigration, that is the movement of streams of people, is a primeval phenomenon. Nowadays, though, it has become more intense than ever, since an excessive amount of immigrants are fleeing their countries because they strive to find refuge in safer and established countries. Due to the sheer volume of refugees in different countries, governments and international organizations need to take the initiative to control this wave of desperation. Hence, the question that arises is: 
What can be done to remedy this mammoth problem?

There are many measures that the governments should take in order to alleviate the situation. First and foremost, they could accept a certain amount of refugees so as to restrict illegal entrance in the countries. A case in point is that a wide variety of facilities and many camps could be created after the government will have decided how many people will finally enter the country. Apart from that, the very immigrants should be provided with papers and passports, which will make their legal entrance feasible, without creating a frenzy. As a last resort, inhumane though it may seem, closing the barriers of a country could refrain terrorists from entering illegally; subsequently, terrorist attacks will be eliminated.

There are other implementing measures to deal with immigration. Firstly, the collaboration of all United Nations could be the optimal one, on the grounds that concerted efforts will be made to help immigrants assimilate into foreign societies better. Furthermore, governments in conjunction with International Organizations could offer refugees food supplies, clothes and shelter with which these unfortunate people are not provided when immigrating. Last but not least, the co-ordination of United Nations and International Organizations with governments could contribute to creating an egalitarian atmosphere, governed by deference and tolerance towards diversity, which is vital since locals do not "condescend" to help immigrants.

Taking all this into consideration, there is no doubt in my mind that the problem of immigration will exist perpetually. Only if everyone comprehends the seriousness of the situation, will they come up with beneficial solutions to make the shape of things to come positive in the era of immigration.