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Accepting Refugees

    The EU has come to terms with the large masses of refugees coming into the European countries, but they are still struggling to have countries let in the refugees with open arms. This is a cruel way to treat those who have already suffered so much. The world needs to come together and accept as many refugees as needed.

    Assisting the refugees isn't as bad as everyone believes. Refugees are proven to be hard workers, and entrepreneurs. They come to these new countries for new beginnings, and they work as hard as they can so that they can have a great new life. Also, with all of the new refugees the countries will bring in more taxes which can be very beneficial to the countries economy. 

    Even though many people believe that refugees are bad for the countries economy, and that they steal jobs, this isn't true. It is claimed that they take away jobs from the natives of the country that they are in.  If anything, with all of the new businesses that these people start up, they are creating jobs.

    Many European countries assume that refugees are more likely to commit crimes, and that they generate more violence than was already prevalent in the country before they arrived. However, there is proof that this is a false accusation. 

    Refugees are far less likely to commit crime than many people think. First generation immigrants are 45% less likely to commit a violent crime than a third generation American, proving that the idea that refugees are more prone to committing crimes, false.

    For many immigrants, coming to a new country can be a culture shock, and I believe that these countries should do more to help the refugees with this. Many countries are providing the refugees classes to help them adjust, but the refugees have to wait on a list, sometimes months at a time, so that they can get into these classes. I understand that there is an extremely large amount of refugees, and that it is hard for a country to provide for them, but there are other ways around this issue. 

    If more people volunteered to help the refugees, there would be a great improvement in the way that the refugees establish themselves in the new countries. There are already many support groups in Europe assisting the refugees, but going the extra step and having even more volunteers could make their adjusting to their new lives that much easier.

   One other issue that many of the countries face is that there is a limited amount of room in their countries, and letting in the refugees would nearly double the countries total population. Some countries are so overwhelmed by the sudden influx of refugees that they had to reduce the total number that they were join to give asylum to. These are the countries who need relief, and one way to help out the refugees and the overwhelmed countries, is to have other countries take in the overflow of refugees.

   If countries such as the United States, Great Britain, and Australia took in more refugees than they are already said they would, this could relieve the strain on European countries. 

   Other countries are afraid of taking in the refugees for most of the same reasons as those in Europe. Although, refugees have many possible benefits for the countries taking them in. 

   The refugees could improve the economy, and the overall diversity of the country. Being exposed to that much diversity could be frightening at first, but it pays off in the long run.

  If all of the countries around the world pulled their weight and assisted in the immigrant crisis there would be a real improvement in the situation overall, and the refugees would be better off as well.