Reasons for The Increasing Amounts of Refugees Around The Globe

The first cause in the increasing amounts of refugees around the globe is due to civil war(s) that are currently happening in certain parts of the world and has been taken place over several years. Countless of people were unable to go to work and children were unable to attend school as roads were disrupted and most of the buildings collapsed during the conflicts of civil war. Food and water resources were very limited as there were no traders from other countries that came to do any trading. The livelihood of the citizens is very much affected by the bloody armed conflict. As stated by Tran (2016) it states that currently the global refugee catastrophe is by far the most serious case since World War Two. There are nearly 60 million people turned into refugees due to the on-going war in Middle East, North Africa and other regions in Asia. The distressing civil war in Syria has produced the largest amounts of refugees with nearly 5 million escaping the fatherland and nearly 7 million internally displaced.

Furthermore, as stated by City of Thorns, for several weeks, a warship fired missiles on the land resulting hundreds of refugees frantically running along the road to Dadaab. Refugees who were injured, barely made it into the camps feeling dismayed as majority of them were stripped, robbed and gang-raped by their supposed liberators, to whom they had come looking for protection. Given the statistics, it can clearly be seen there is a significant increase with the numbers of refugees since World War Two. War occurring in a country does have a huge impact on its own people and plays a big role in contributing to the issue. Therefore, if at this stage there is still a civil war happening between two nations, numbers of refugees are only going to increase more within the next few years.

The second cause would be climate change that have a major effect on the agricultural regions. Each year certain regions of a country lose some of their productive land due to desertification, leaving people with no choice but to migrate other country. Many families whose livelihood depends on subsistence farming and animal breeding were also forced to migrate due to extreme temperatures. According to Bello (2018), Climate change has resulted 660, 000 more people seeking asylum each year toward Europe. Temperature rise to an unbearable level or degree in a country may have a major impact on the rest of the world, as citizens who were affected by the climate change within their own nation are forced to migrate to other country as there won't be any crops to produce during times like this. As a result, there will be more asylum seekers in the coming years, people who are affected by the extreme weather changes. And according to Taylor (2017), over millions of citizens will be forced to flee from them hometown by climate change within the next few years, resulting in the greatest refugee crisis the world has ever come across, based on a news report. The report explains that with successive droughts which may be one of the attributes to Syrian war, thus resulting large number of citizens to migrate to other countries as there were no food, water or jobs available. Given the statistics, climate change has an ever more critical impact on the society, either directly, as floods, hurricanes and other extreme forms of natural disasters, or indirectly, by conflicts over resources such as water, food or cultivable land. Therefore, it is most likely to be seen having more refugees living under extreme temperature condition to migrate to other countries for survival.

Last but not least, the third cause would be persecution based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity. One out of ten refugees may be because of his or her gender identity or sexual behaviour face persecution within their own nation. Fear of being killed, these people are unable to be themselves and to the extend, they even have to eliminate all the evidences they have that may stir up suspicion among people. As stated by Turnbull & Co (2018), people that is identified as gay or lesbian or falls under the LGBTI category or are involved in same-sex intercourse are subject to imprisonment in over 73 countries and worst-case scenario, getting death penalty based on laws against same-sex relationship and activities. Despite it being legalised at some places or countries, those who identify themselves as gay or other terms end up getting persecuted, receiving death threats, getting corporal punishment, sexual assault, rape etc. Same-sex couples are not allowed to get married and to adopt children.

On top of that, it is a lot harder for them to get jobs and kids who attend school will get judged and discriminated by their peers. Gay refugees who meet the admissibility requirements are eligible for the Canadian resettlement program in Canada under the Private Refugee Sponsorship Program. It is often tougher for LGBTI refugees in receiving private sponsorship as at times it is not safe for LGBTI asylum seekers to reveal their sexual orientation and/or gender identity within their own country. And as stated by Bielski (2017), around the world, gay refugees face terrifying discrimination and threats to their lives. The latest horrific reports have come from Chechnya, where gay men have been put up in pogroms, tortured and killed. Given the statistic, people from all over the world face discrimination and getting sexual assault based off one sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Certain parts of the world or states that are anti-same sex orientation or who are homophobic even put on extreme measures in eliminating or torturing those who classify themselves as part of LGBTI community. As a result, terrified gay refugees are left with no choice but to leave with the fear of getting persecuted and being unaccepted by their own nation.