Hindustan
Times ( 20 Sept 2016 ) carries
following news report :
: We can change this : World
leaders at UN approve plan for refugee crisis :
" With more people forced to flee their homes than at any
time since World War
II, global leaders on Monday approved a declaration aimed
at providing a more
coordinated and humane response to the refugee crisis that has
strained
resources and stoked divisions from Africa to Europe.
The issue of what to do about the world’s 65.3 million
displaced people took
centre stage at the UN General Assembly with leaders from
the 193 member
states converging on New York for the first-ever summit on
Addressing Large
Movements
of Refugees and Migrants.
The declaration
carries no concrete commitments and is not legally binding but
rather calls on countries
to protect refugees’ human rights, boost humanitarian
aid and increase
resettlement of refugees.
A number of countries rejected an earlier draft of the agreement
that called on
nations to resettle 10 percent of the refugee population each year, something
that has led several
human rights groups to criticize the document as a missed
opportunity.
According to the UN Refugee Agency, refugees are people forced
to flee due to
armed
conflict or persecution, while migrants choose to move in search of a
better life. Around the world, there are currently about 21.3 million refugees,
3.2
million asylum seekers, and 40.8
million migrants.
More concrete progress
is expected at a follow-up summit on Tuesday called by
President Barack Obama,
where at least 45 countries are expected to make
pledges that are in line with US goals of
increasing humanitarian aid by $3
billion,
doubling resettlement
and increasing access to education for 1 million
youngsters and access to employment for another
million of the displaced.
Prior to the pledging
summit with world leaders, Obama will host a meeting with
top executives from
50 companies to discuss what the private sector can do to
help address the
problem, Power said. "
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Refugees are fleeing wars / persecution by military dictators
/ oppression by
radical and fanatic Terrorist Groups
Migrants are fleeing unemployment in their own poor (
and corrupt ) countries,
which causes poverty / starvation
Hence , the permanent / ultimate solutions are :
# Stopping wars everywhere / eliminating
dictatorships - military rules -
terrorists
# Eliminating corruption and creation of jobs
in poor countries to reduce
inequity within societies
Despite the laudable efforts by the UN ,
all of this is unlikely to happen any time
soon . May take many years
Or , may never happen , given the collective
human greed ( at the level of rich
Societies / Nations ) !
Or , may happen very soon , if the
World-wide population of Refugee / Migrant /
Displaced Persons swells from 65 million to 650 million
within next 10 years ! -
a more likely / probable scenario !
Considering that ,
# Economies are slowing down World-wide ,
causing unemployment on
unprecedented scale
# Countries unable to provide jobs to
their own citizens are unwilling
to accept
more refugees / migrants
# Rich EU countries / USA
/ Australia etc are facing problems
of integration of
refugees within their Societies ,
It is not too late for the World at large , - and especially ,
the Rich Nations - to
consider my following suggestions :
( http://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2015/06/world-migration-day.html
)
* MUAMMARGADDAFI - A VISIONARY ?
( http://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2015/08/muammar-gaddafi-visionary.html )
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20 Sept 2016
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