Interview and Proposal on Syrian Refugees
In the current world, there are many fights between governments and the within the nations. The conflicts have increased the number of refugees, and Syria is one of the countries that are currently experiencing the challenge. The issue needs to be solved to ensure the citizens live comfortably.
The government of Turkey opened its doors to the refugees from Syria to seek a temporary protection in the country. Before May 2014, over two hundred and twenty thousand refugees had crossed into Syria and were hosted in multiple camps along the border. As the number of refugees has continued to increase, it has caused a strain to the government of Turkey since it is not able to afford the resources to take care of the increased numbers and its citizens (Heisbourg 7-20). Turkey has always given the refugees the required humanitarian and protection assistance, but the situation is becoming complicated as the figures increase.
The government of Turkey is dedicating a lot of its resources on the welfare of the Syrian refugees, but it is becoming a significant strain, and a program needs to be designed to help the nation absorb the refugees without causing more challenges to its economy.
Partners and Contacts in the Community
The intensity of the crisis could not be extensive if the external forces did not interfere. The government of Turkey is the one suffering greatest challenges in trying to care for the refugees and provide food and other social amenities. The original cause of the problem is Bashar al-Assad because he was not ready to negotiate with the citizens and know their worries. World refugee’s organizations have tried to venture into the issue and offer assistance to the refugees. Some of the world leaders who have taken part in the crisis resolution are Jana Mason and Beth Ferris who are the heads of refugee crisis in the United Nations. Doctors and other health care personnel have been taken to the camps to treat and care for the refugees, but they cannot adequately address the crisis (Kirişci). With proper negotiations and willingness for all the involved parties to create understanding, the refugees will receive better care and Syria will be stable within a short duration.
Project Summary
The primary objective of the project is to take care of the refugees in the countries that are hosting them, and then restore peace in Syria. The project will involve representatives from the United Nations, Syria, countries with self-interests such as the US and the ones that are hosting the refugees. The first step will include providing Turkey will the necessary assistance to host and take care of the refugees. Once all the refugees have a conducive life, the next step will be to foster peace in Syria. The governments with vested interests in Syria need to talk them out and see if they are appropriate and then the UN will negotiate with the rebels and government to establish the main reason for the fights. Once the cause is determined, the relevant solutions will be set and implemented. Later, the solutions will be accessed to see if peace is fully restored and then the refugees will be transported back to their country and facilitated to settle and start a new life.
Project goals
The primary goal of the project is ensuring the refugees have a better life no matter the country that is hosting them. Other goals include;
• Stop the conflicts in Syria
• Ensure refugees return to their country
• Control the external forces that are causing chaos in Syria
• Put in place mechanisms to control future conflicts
• Establish mechanisms that can be used in future to ensure the refugees do not suffer in case of any fights or conflicts
Project Planning and Measuring the Outcome
The project will be undertaken in stages, starting with ensuring refugees are comfortable in the countries that are hosting them, then design mechanisms to foster peace, settle them back to Syria, and ensure further fights are controlled. For the project to be termed successful, the goals must be fully met, and refugees settled back to their country. The project has short term success in the refugees having better welfare in the countries that are hosting them and being secure. In the long run, success will be achieved if all the refugees are fully settled in Syria, the external forces stop facilitating the fights, and there is peace between the Syrian government and rebels. The core determinants of the success are the understanding that will be created between the involved parties and the fighting rebels.
Rationale/ Background and History of the Refugee Problem and the Project
Syrian has been unstable for a considerable amount of time. There has been fighting between the pro-government forces and rebels. The ISIS took advantage of the situation and caused more fighting in the country. Later some other countries that had hidden agendas in the running of the welfare of the country such as Russia who supported the government, turkey defending the people from its country, and the United States of America supporting the rebels. The external interventions have caused major fights to a point that many Syrians have been rendered refugees and are moving to other countries such as Turkey to seek for safe environments, and here they lack enough compassionate care such as health attention (Migacheva).
Since 2010 when fights broke between the government and the rebels, millions of refugees have been crossing the border to Turkey and other countries such as Lebanon (Brandvoll). In the countries where they are hosted, they lack some of the social amenities like clothing. The refugee settlement and peace restoration project are useful for Syria, its citizens, and other countries with vested interests. The immediate needs of the refugees will be addressed, and then the future peace will be installed since the fighting will have stopped.
Project Time Frame and Budget
The refugee crisis in Syria has taken a considerable amount of time, over five years, which means it will not be simple to solve it and come up with a concrete solution. The first step is to address the welfare of the refugees in Turkey, which will take around six months because they are many millions and will need time to outsource for help from other governments. The challenge that will take a long time is that of bringing together the rebels and government forces to settle their issues since they all have to consult their supporting forces. The estimated time frame may be between two to four years. Once the issues are sorted, it may take around three more years to ensure all the refugees are fully settled in Syria. In total, the project will take around six to eight years to be fully implemented.
Budgeting is challenging as there are constant changes in the world economy. By 2012, over two million Syrians were displaced, and over six hundred thousand had fled to become refugees in other countries. This number is expected to have tripled by now; hence, over three million Syrians are refugees. Addressing the welfare of a single refugee per year may cost around $300, which results into $2100 in the estimated project duration. For the estimated three million refugees, it will approximately cost the project sponsors and governments over $1,050,000. The negotiation processes are expected to be lengthy and expensive and can go up to over $9,000,000. The final stage will be resettlement, which will cost more than $20,000,000. In the end, the project is expected to cost over $30,000,000. The cost may be inflated depending on the changing economy, the number of the refugees who will have crossed borders, and the duration that the negotiations will take.
Once the project is fully implemented, the Syrians will have better lives in their country, and the strains into other nations, such as Turkey will be minimized. The success of the project will be measured against the well-being of the Syrians and host countries.
Work Cited
Brandvoll, Ingunn. "Challenges For Syrian Refugees In Lebanon". United Church of Christ. N.p., 2015. Web. 12 May 2016.
Heisbourg, François. "The Strategic Implications Of The Syrian Refugee Crisis". Survival57.6 (2015): 7-20. Web.
Jundi, Ayman S. "Bombing Syria Without Protecting Civilians Won’T Counter Extremism Or Reduce Refugees". BMJ (2015): h6803. Web.
Kirişci, Kemal. "Syrian Refugees And Turkey’S Challenges". The Brookings Institution. N.p., 2014. Web. 12 May 2016
. Migacheva, Katya. "Human Rights Challenges Facing Syrian Refugees And Internally Displaced Persons". Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. N.p., 2013. Web. 12 May 2016.
