If the international community does not continue to support the region with augmented financial and resource support in addition to increased refugee resettlement quotas , surrounding countries will continue to be overwhelmed and the region may collapse into further conflict . If the 3RP remains underfunded , services of health & nutrition , education , child protection , food security , basic needs , shelter , water systems & hygiene , and livelihoods will be compromised , and increasing numbers of refugees and host nationals in the region will be forced to live below the poverty line .
Event Description . This lesson was based primarily on information from the following sources :
• “ Syria ’ s refugee crisis in numbers ,” Amnesty International , ( 3 February 2016 ).
• “ 35 years of forced displacement in Iraq : Contexualising the ISIS threat , unpacking the movements ,” by : Cameron Thibos , Migration Policy Centre , EUI ( October 2014 ).
• “ Lessening the Risk of Refugee Radicalization : Lessons for the Middle East from Past Crises ,” by : Barbara Sude , David Stebbins , and Sarah Weilant // RAND Corporation // Perspective , ( 2015 ).
• “ Lessons for dealing with today ’ s migrant crisis from the last one ,” by : Anne Hammerstad // Reuters , ( 10 September 2015 ).
• “ Why America Could – and Should – Admit More Syrian Refugees ,” by : Katy Long // The Century Foundation ( 16 December 2015 ).
• “ Resettling Syrian refugees : Lessons from the ( forgotten ) Iraqi refugee crisis ,” by Chantal E . Berman // Brookings , ( 24 September 2015 ).
• “ Rethinking refugees ”– by Daniel L . Byman // Brookings // Order from Chaos – Foreign Policy in a Troubled World , ( 17 May 2016 ).
• “ Responding to the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon : lessons learned ,” by : Sian Herbert // Governance Social Development Humanitarian Conflict ( GSDRC ) Helpdesk Research Report , ( 14 August 2013 ).
• “ Lessons Learned from Iraqi Refugees in Jordan ,” by : Carine Allaf / Humanitarian Practice Network , ( 16 October 2012 ).
• 3RP Regional Refugee & Resilience Plan
• London Conference ( 2016 ): “ Supporting Syria & the Region ”
Additional Comments from the Lesson Author .
“ Whether in the United States or Europe , the refugee issue must be thought of as an integration crisis , not a border security challenge . These refugees are not likely to go home soon : the Syrian civil war shows no signs of ending , and the level of destruction is so great that , even if it did , many refugees have no homes to which they can return . We do not want these refugees to come to Europe and America and then , through discrimination and mistreatment , become hostile to their new host countries . Counterterrorism , then , means ensuring that the refugees have access to services , are educated , and over time , become citizens of their host countries who respect its law and traditions and are respected in turn .” ( Daniel Byman , “ Rethinking Refugees ,” Brookings , ( 17 May 2016 ))
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