Canada Should NOT Be Allowed In Syrian Refugees

Since 2011 Syria has been under Civil War, putting millions of Syrians in out of their homes, communities and home country. Many Syrians have been forced in to refuges camps in Jordan and other countries; many more have been forced to flee the country to neighbouring countries and countries around the world. Men have been taken away from their families to fight in the war, women have been forced to leave their world and children have had to leave their friends, school, and sometimes extended family. Children are missing out on important life-skills, including social, and cognitive development. To try and combat these major issues, Canada should allow 25,000 Syrian refugee families into the country over the next two years.

Many will argue that Canada should not allow in any Syrian refugees because of national security issues, and that they will take Canadian jobs. Others would argue
For example, “70 000 pregnant women (are) at risk of unsafe deliveries because life-saving health services are becoming too expensive for many” (Gornall, 2015, p. 1) If Canada took in Syrian refugees the risk of these women would go down immensely; Canada would be giving oppurtunity for more safe prenatal, birth, and postnatal health and wellbeing. Due to of the lack of medical help and knowledge “more than 142 000 Syrian children have been born refugees since the start of the crisis in 2011, but it is not known how many others have died because of lack of medical help or whether maternal or infant mortality among refugees is going up” (Gornall, 2015, p. 1). Other issues to look at are long term health concerns, most funding has been put into emergency cases, there is no money being given for long term care for different diseases like diabetes, and cancer (Gornall, 2015, p. 2). Canada has lots of medical tools, and equipment that could help those with long term health