UN Conference Refugee Crisis

Syrian Refugee Crisis
Civil war has forced millions of Syrians to flee, and find refuge in other countries. It is a truly international problem.

The UN conference on the 7th of July will discuss how the international community can help  2 million refugees find a new place to live. Nine nations will be participating at the conference: Greece, Turkey, Germany, the UK, Japan, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Preparation
Stage 1

You will have access to your smartphones during the conference. It important to prepare well on the Wiki so you can see your country's profile, and the profiles of other nations. Find information online or from other sources to answer the questions below. If you cannot find the answers, use your imagination!

1. What is your country’s opinion about the refugee crisis?

2. Who is responsible for the refugee crisis?

3. What is the best way to deal with the refugee crisis?

4. How many Syrian refugees has your country accepted so far?

At the start of the conference, you will briefly state your country’s view of the refugee crisis by providing a summary of 1-4

Stage 2

In the second stage, countries will debate ''' who should accept 2,000,000 more refugees. '''

To prepare, take notes on the following questions below: 2. If not, is there anything else your country can do to help? (lend money or other support?)
 * 1) Is your country prepared to accept more refugees? How many?

3. Which  three countries should accept more refugees?

-how many refugees should they accept?

-why does your country think it is their responsibility to accept refugees?

(think about the other countries’  GDP, geographical closeness, number of refugees already accepted and size)

Strategy

Combine your notes from Stage 2 with the Debate Language below to make a strategy. Try to have  3-4  points for your strategy that connect to other nations at the UN conference. Use the examples below to help you.

Examples:
 * 1) France would like to offer 2 million euros of financial assistance to Lebanon to help pay for the refugee camps there.
 * 2) If Germany accepts 200,000 more refugees, France will accept 50,000 more.
 * 3) France will provide medical support to Greece as long as France does not have to accept more than 50,000 more refugees.
 * 4) France wants to highlight the need for Japan to accept more refugees.
 * 5) Our aim is to accept no more than 50,000 refugees.
 * 6) France intends to provide 2,000 peace keeping soldiers to help security at refugee camps.
 * 7) Our aim is to offer medical support to Jordan and Lebanon, as theyhave already accepted many refugees.

Debate Language
Using the language below, plan a strategy with your pair or group. Who will you agree with? Who will you disagree with? How will you try to negotiate?

1. Stating Objectives

- We would like to….

- Our aim is to…

- Germany intends to…

2. Negotiating

- If Greece accepts more refugees, Germany will too

-The USA will increase financial support, providing more refugees move to Egypt

3. Agreeing

- Germany agrees with Saudi Arabia on this point.

- Turkey agrees, as long as…

4. Disagreeing

-The Lebanon accepts Germany’ s point, but…

-We disagree with Jordan’s position because…

5. Emphasizing

- Turkey wants to highlight…

-we want to stress….

Greece (Haruka, Reina, Daisuke)
Stage 1: 1. Refugee crisis is overwhelming Greece financially since the country is in recession. A great number of refugees is still flooding into Greece and it has been negatively and significantly influencing the economy in Greece.

According to the Gardian (2016), Alexis Tsipras who is the prime minister in Greece said that the problem (refugee crisis) surpasses the powers of the country, the strength of a government and innate weakness of the European Union.

2. Some countries in Europe like Hungary accommodate refugees in camps which most of them are in a bad condition, and prevent refugees from migrating the other countries in Europe such as Switzerland and Denmark. Also those countries confiscate refugees' properties in order to look after them.

Greece thinks that EU has not provided the effective solution for refugee crisis.

Unless EU and Turkey make a big move for refugee assistance, a number of xenophobes protesting anti-refugee in Greece will increase and might take action someday soon.

3. Countries like Germany could get economical benefits by taking in refugees. This is because shortage of employees in Germany can be made up by refugees.

Other countries in Europe should financially support Greece in order for the country to keep accepting refugees since Greece is in recession.

4. Greece has accepted 57,155 Syrian refugees so far and is willing to continue accepting refugees from Syria as long as the other countries provide Greece a financial help or take refugees overflowing the country.

Stage 2:

1. Greece can accept up to 50,000 refugees. In reality, the system of accepting refugees seems to collapse. The hygienic condition in concentration camp is really bad. Almost people is forced to spend the night in the open. Some NGO try to support them but they suffer from a shortage of hands,foodstuffs, medical supplies and money. Greece is one of the places where refugees first flow into Europe and some countries shut-out refugees. So refugees have to stay in Greece longer. If EU and other countries provide a financial support and loose shut-out plan, Greece can improve facilities and accept more refugees.

2. Greece can accept refugees up to 50,000 once, and then register them and divide refugees to other countries.

Strategy: Saudi Arabia should either accept 100,000 Syrian refugees or support Greece and other countries accepting refugees financially since Saudi Arabia has not officially offered resettlement places to Syrian refugees. According to The Washington Post (2015), there are roughly 500,000 Syrians living in Saudi Arabia, though they are not classified as refugees. In other words, they don't get support from the government.

Greece is still in recession; therefore, accepting more refugees will plague Greece economically. Other wealthy countries like Japan should provide supplies and money to Greece, or Greece will not be able to accept and look after more refugees.

Since Greece take a large part in transporting the refugees with using the ferry, and is the first route for the refugees, many of them are still in Greece as a consequence of some countries are shutting out. We are already in the severe food shortage and other supplies. So we suggest that Germany accept more refugees. I heard that Germany is lacking in the working force, so we think it would be a better solution for us. Moreover, acoriding to CNN, Germany accepts refugees and we really appreciate about that. However, it suggests the figures that only 2/3 of the refugees could get support from the government. Others are suffered from waiting to get support for long time. So if possible, Germany should resettle the rest of the refugees who are not currently under care in your country.

Turkey (Ken, Rena)
Stage 1:

1.Turkey's humanitarian activities for Syrian refugees are part of its policy in the Syria conflict, but it has become clear that the Turkish government overestimated its abilities. Therefore, Turkey failed to give sufficient support to Syrian refugees within its borders. At the same time, the government's attitude to refugees has caused political tensions, with regions near the border have security and economic problems. As a result, Turkey thinks Germany and its European partners should support Turkey in maintaining and improving services to Syrian refugees in Turkey.

2.Turkey is a party to the 1951 Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, which means that Turkey is one of the host countries that receive and treat refugees. Nevertheless, Syrian refugees in Turkey are not part of EU asylum because Turkey the Convention defines persons of European origin as refugees. So they are under the status of temporary protection.

And now, EU and Turkey reached new agreement in 2015. The contents are as follows.

・Returns: All irregular immigrants crossing from Turkey into Greece will be sent back.

・One-for-One: For each Syrian returned to Turkey, a Syrian migrant will be resettled in EU.

・Visa restriction: The Visa liberalization will be promoted among EU countries.

・Financial aid: The EU is to boost financial support for refugees in Turkey.

Apparently this agreement can be one solution of this matter, but the reality is far away. It causes more disasters to Syrian refugees.

From these points, Turkey insists that responsibilities of Syrian Refugee crisis should be shared among not only EU and neighboring countries of Syria. Of course, although we need to make more efforts to improve this situation, whole world should take the responsibilities.

3.Considering how to treat and support potential refugees who are already accepted so that they can live stably. Those countries that are not overflowing with refugees and developed countries should contribute a lot of money to help EU with the refugee crisis or accept refugees. 86% of refugees are hosted by developing countries.

4. Turkey has accepted more than 2.7 million Syrian refugees so far. EU and our country held a summit to solve this matter and we proposed "one-for-one resettlement program" and demanded extra financial support.

Stage 2:

1.No.

Turkey thinks our current support for the Syrian refugees in our country is not sufficient for now. Therefore, we focus on improving domestic problems rather than taking more refugees. If we are asked for accepting more refugees, we would like to request financial support.

2.We can improve the treatment for Syrian refugees who have already been accepted. For instance, expanding refugee camps for displaced Syrian refugees to provide housing.

3.Japan-Requesting them to rise the ratio of accepting refugees up to 50% because Japan has not accepted refugees the most compared with other developed countries. Therefore they must have capacity of accepting refugees.

UK-50,000 refugees because they relatively flexible to refugees. For example, they give job opportunities for them, provide minimum of lifeline, and those refugees are likely to become asylum seekers.

Saudi Arabia-1million because they are relatively wealthy and large country which is located near Syria. They have not accepted refugees therefore they must be able to afford a number of Syrian refugees.

Strategy:

-Turkey would like to offer military agreement if Japan provide 3 million euros for our refugee camps. Turkey deeply understand Japan's position relating to the East China Sea and supporting damage earthquake.

-Turkey insists that we should share the responsibilities of the Syrian refugee crisis. Therefore, we think Japan should accept more refugees because Japan refused 99 percent of refugees in 2015. If Japan do not improve the attitude of accepting refugees, we would like to demand 4 million euros. If Japan reject our request, Turkey will tighten a trade agreement.

-Turkey will increase the amount of oil imports from Saudi Arabia as long as Saudi Arabia accept more 100,000 refugees and give 2 million euros for the refugees in Turkey. At the moment, oil market is getting more and more competitive and as such the price of oil is dramatically declined. We would like to cooperate as a menber of global community.

-Turkey would like to thinking about trade agreement if the UK accept more 50,000 refugees or provide 2 million euros to refugees in Turkey. We think your country is under the unfavorable situation because of the result of the national referendum about leaving the EU membership.

Germany (Mika, Yuto, Sharry)
Stage 1:

1.The reason why Germany is actively accepting refugees from Syria relates deeply to human rights and Germany’s economic future. The  German economy is in great shape as productivity is excellent and  Europe's problems have kept its currency at a reasonable level. However, Germany is facing serious shrinking working age population problem. Welcoming refugees into the nation would be the best solution to this problem.

2. A lot of nations in EU along with the USA government are in part responsible for the war, and it is thus their obligation to first take care of the disastrous refugee situation, and secondly to end the war through negotiations and diplomacy.

3. Sharing the burden and expanding EU control over refugee resettlement while keeping borders open would be the best way to deal with the refugee crisis. It would not be possible to simply set a limit and then leave it up to two, three, or four members to take in all of the refugees.

4. Germany has taken in more than 1 million asylum-seekers so far.

Stage 2:

1.  Germany is prepared to accept 50.000 more refugees.

2. Along with accepting more refugees, Germany would provide support to other nations within its capability.

3. Japan, Saudi Arabia and The UK should open their borders for more refugees to come. Each nation should accept at least 200.000 refugees.

Strategy:

1. At the moment, Germany would accept no more than 50.000 Syrian refugees because Germany is still busy resettling and providing aid to asylum seeker that came to Germany the past year.

2. Germany wants to emphasize the need for Saudi Arabia to accept more refugees.

3. If Japan accepts 200,000 refugees, Germany would like to offer assistance for refugee transports costs.

4. Our aim is to call on nations to be more cooperative in sharing the burden.

(5. Germany intends to provide medical and security support to the UK as long as the UK accepts 100.000 more.

6. Germany aims to provide support to Lebanon and Jordan in any possible ways within its capability as they have accepted many refugees.

7. Germany would offer assistance to improve living conditions in refugee camps in Greece if Greece keeps the refugees they have accepted and accepts 50.000 more. )

8.Germany will accept refugees that other country had to take (we didnt decide.) in exchange of assistance.

(really good strategy Germany, but you only need 3-4 points. Points 5-7 can be extra maybe!)

The UK (Maya S, Lisa, Tomomi)
Stage 1

1.we think that accepting refugees is not enough to solve this problem. To improve this situation, we need to help the places where people leave as refugees to keep peace and sustainability.

2. we think America is responsible for this crisis. America sold weapons to Iran and Iraq or ISIS. And in terms of this history, America should accept more refugees.

3 we should think this problem from more global view, and we should not resort to violence.

4 UK has accepted 20,000 refugees. We promise that we will provide best education in Europe. Syrian children could chose to attend in launguage school or public school. Also we will give them some life support for refugee to get job. And we believe the problem for refugee is education. And they will be the primary tax payer in the future. We promise to the people in syria that Britain will not going to judge by their backgrounds and Britain is the best place for refugees.

Stage 2: Strategy:
 * 1) We are prepared to accept no more than 200,000 refugees. If able to settle with Brexit issue, we are willing to accept more number of refugees in the future.
 * 2) Japan- Japan has not accepted many refugees so far. Moreover, Japan is far from Syria and it is one of the most safest countries. The US- The US has huge responsibility for this refugee crisis because the US supported the rebel against Gaddafi and that caused Syrian refugees. Saudi Arabia- It is a rich country and a quit safe country in the Middle East.
 * 1) Japan- Japan has not accepted many refugees so far. Moreover, Japan is far from Syria and it is one of the most safest countries. The US- The US has huge responsibility for this refugee crisis because the US supported the rebel against Gaddafi and that caused Syrian refugees. Saudi Arabia- It is a rich country and a quit safe country in the Middle East.

We provide mediacal support, military, and doctors.(Because we are not part of UN and hard to pay by bill)

Japan (Maya B, Yuka)
Stage 1:

1, Japan really wants to support to them as one of the group of seven. Most countries try to accept refugees for citizens. However, Japan cannot easily accept this because they must improve living standards of its own people before receiving refugee.

Also, on March 11, 2011, the catastrophic earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan and it was the greatest earthquake ever recorded in Japan. The number of deaths due to this earthquake and tsunami is 15894, and 2563 people are still missing. In addition, there are 180,000 people still in evacuation shelters.

2.The government and the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Also, the Japan Association for Refugees (incorporated non-profit organization).

3, The best way to solve this issue is that hold the conference in G20 and discuss about how to solve this issue.

4. Japan will accept 150 Syrians refugee over five years, treating them not as refugees but as exchange students. This plan will empower Syrian youths whose educational opportunities were lost because of the warfare in their country. Japan will receive them students through the government-sponsored exchanged program and a program of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the nation's aid agency.

Stage 2:

Strategy:

1, Japan will accept 5,000 refugees over the next 5 years.

2,

・We provide them for job opportunities, education,and support their life to stay in Japan for 5 years.

・Japan will provide financial support to Greece as long as Japan does not have to accept more than 70,000 more refugees.

・Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that Japan provides approximately 810 million dollars of assistance grant funding to support internally displaced people and refugees in Syria and Iraq (in 2015).

3, Greece, Egypt,and Jordan.

First of all, Egypt and Jordan use the same languages.

According to the Turkish newspaper, the expense that refugees toward Europe is about 1000 to 5000 euros (this is 13000 to 68000 yen in the Japanese Yen.) per person. However, transportation expense of refugees from Syria to Japan an is twice or more than twice as much as Syria to Europe countries.

Lebanon (Megumi, Shizuka)
Stage 1:

1.We have already accepted many refugees in recent years. The refugee crisis is a really serious problem not only for Syrian people but also other countries where accepted them. However, refugees flee from their nation to another country, they can't receive enough treatment and also each country has financial or conflict problems.

2. We believe that the United States is responsible for the refugee crisis. The geographical fact is not an acceptable reason for the U.S. being inactive on this matter. We must consider that the United State's interference with the Syrian Civil War has been one of the reasons why this issue being so complicated. Despite the fact that the country is wealthier and larger than the EU, the U.S. takes only about 10,000 refugees so far. As the world leader, we ask the U.S. to take initiative and open the door widely for those who need help.

3. The best way to deal with the refugee crisis is to reach an international consensus. It is not a problem of the Middle East nor E.U., but it is the worldwide issue. Close the border nor making a few countries responsible for the crisis is certainly not the proper ways to solve this situation. If we can conclude an international agreement and construct a legitimate system, it is possible to deliver the refugees to the destination countries, and look after for them.

4.Our country has already accepted 1.1 million refugees from Syria by the end of 2015.

Stage 2:

1. Lebanon is prepared to accept 200,000 to 300,000 refugees. Regarding the fact that our country has already accepted about 1100.000 refugees and our state of affairs has been negatively affected by the Syrian civil war, those are the maximum numbers we are capable to accept.

2. We are prepared to relax visa requirements for temporary residents from Syria. We are also going to develop decent infrastructure in order to provide safe and stable quality of life for the refugee. We aim to establish educational system for young female refugees. Many of them are suffering from forced marriage and the data shows that it is possible to mitigate the issue by providing education.

3.We think Japan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt should more accepted refugees. There are several reasons why those 3 countries should accept refugees. Japan is too strict to recognition for the refugees and accepted less refugees than other countries. In Saudi Arabia, there are many rich people, so government should ask them to help refugees for financial aid. According to article, Egypt promote the strategy for helping Syrian refugees these days, so they might have good condition to accept refugees in their country.

Strategy:1.

1. If Germany (or Japan) agrees to provide financial assistance for refugee camps, we accept 200,000 refugees.

2. We would like to ask Japan (or the U.K.) to provide financial aid in order to support our educational campaign for Syrian refugee children.

3. Our aim is to accept no more than 300,000 refugees.

4. Lebanon wants to highlight the need for all nations to unite and overcome this catastrophic crisis.

Jordan (Ayumi, Aiko)
Stage 1:

1.The Syrian refugee crisis has worsened endemic political, economic, and resource challenges in Jordan. As the conflict in Syria enters a extended state and public dissatisfaction and other tensions rise, Jordan has limited its humanitarian response. Yet, the problems in Jordan run deeper than the refugee crisis and if left not addressed will be indicated by signs of instability. If Jordan is to confront its national challenges and continue to provide a safe place for Syrian refugees, the country will depend on increased international support.

2.The EU and its member states have been actively involved in responding to the Syrian crisis both in political and humanitarian terms. The European approach has primarily consisted in providing support to the countries bordering Syria, in order to contain the crisis within the Middle East. However, as of 2014 and early 2015, worrying changes in the Jordanian Government’s attitude towards Syrian refugees show how such an approach is becoming unsustainable.

3.Providing food assistance and distributing essentials like clothing, blankets, mattresses and infant care supplies to families who have lost everything. And also fixing buildings to provide safer shelter.

Renovating Jordan's water systems to address long-term water shortages and reach the larger population, as well as digging wells that serve refugee camps.

Building playgrounds, sports fields and safe spaces for children to play. Providing constructive, healing activities and helping children with special needs get access to school.

4.Jordan has already accepted 637,859 refugees. 1in13 people is a Syrian refugee.

Stage 2:

1. Is your country prepared to accept more refugees? How many?
 * In February, we accepted over 622,000 Syrians who had registered with UNHCR in Jordan. Both Syrian refugees themselves and the host communities in Jordan are paying large amount of money. We (Jordan) have to deal with the political and economic deterioration may follow as the number of refugees. Yet, as of 2014 and 2015, people are worrying the changes in the Jordanian Government's attitude towards Syrian refugees show how such an approach is becoming unsustainable.

2. If not, is there anything else your country can do to help?
 * The European approach has consisted in providing support to the countries bordering Syria, in order to contain the crisis within the Middle East. The EU and its member states have been actively involved in responding to the Syrian crisis both political and humanitarian terms.

3. Which three countries should accept more refugees? How many refugees should they accept? Why does your county think it is their responsibility to accept refugees? Strategy:
 * Generally speaking, Lebanon is taking significantly more Syrian refugees than any other country. More than 1.1 million refugees live in Lebanon, where almost one in four people are now refugees from Syria. However, Lebanon has no refugee camps. Syrians are hosted by local communities or rent accommodation within the country. We believe, if Lebanon build the refugee camps, they can accept more refugees.
 * Despite pledging to take 500 refugees, the U.K. took only 24 refugees through its special Syrian intake program in the first six months of this year. The U.K. government should support regional stability to Syrian refugees and neighboring countries by resettling or providing temporary admission to 10,000 vulnerable Syrians. we assume sdmitting another 10,000 refugees from Syria would provide the U.K. with considerable soft power, which would benefit both countries. It would help a generation of Syrians, many of whom would be educated in the U.K., who will want to return to help reconstruct Syria.
 * In the past two years, Germany has pledged to admit 30,000 Syrians on humanitarian grounds, a number that is higher than the quotas of the rest of Europe, Australia and Canada combined. Ariane Rummery, spokeswoman for UNHCR, described Germany’s humanitarian admission program as generous. So, we strongly suggest that Germany should accept 30,000 refugees. Additionally taking in so many people in such a short time creates a challenge for the local municipalities that host the refugees, according to Thomas Langwald, deputy head of the humanitarian admissions and resettlement unit at Germany’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees.

1.We want to stress that Jordan has borne a heavy burden that no country in the world has experienced in relation to the waves of refugees. The world must shoulder its responsibilities and respect Jordan's decisions, especially the ones related to its security.

2.We wants to highlight that Syrian refugees have stressed economic and resource infrastructure in Jordan, which was already suffering from structural issues before the refugee crisis.

3. We will increase in labour supply which results in increased employment competition as well as downward pressure on wages, particularly among low-income and low productivity jobs;

4. rise in market demand which exerts upward pressure on consumer goods;

5. We make a decrease in access and quality of public services including utilities, infrastructure, healthcare and education.

5. We encourage to increase in child labour among refugees and host community residents, including the worst forms of child labour; and rising social tension among refugees and host community residents.

Saudi Arabia (Tam, Seil)
Stage 1:

1.We've already issued residency permits to 100,000 Syrians who wished to stay in the kingdom.

2. United States and following countries had committed the middle east problem so they have the responsible for accepting refugees.

3.EU countries have to accept refugees because there is a law which the Common European Asylum System (CEAS),which is intended to ensure that the rights of refugees under international law are protected in its member states.

Most of Developed EU countries are struggling with aging society and already accepting refugees as young work forces. If you start the scheme, you should have a responsibility.

4.We have accepted 500,000 Syrian refugees since 2011 the Civil War started.(BBC) but call them "Arab brothers and sisters in distress"

There are many more Syrian migrants living in every Gulf State (except Oman) in 2013 than in 2010.Many immigrant group is the 19th and 20th centuries were also refugees,even there was no legal category for them at the time.

Other nations criticized that Saudi Arabia should accept more refugees, but they shouldn't blind the large number of Syrians who have settled there since the outbreak of the war, allowing Syrians live in our territory helped relieve the humanitarian crisis somehow.

Stage 2: 1. We already accepted nearly 2.5 million Syrians since the conflict started (The Saudi Press Agency)

Therefore, we are possible to take more 100,000 students.

2. Monetary supports to Syria and accepting more Syrian students.

We had already provided $700 million in humanitarian aid to Syria and set up clinics in the various refugee camps.

Additionally, we accepted 100,000 Syrian students with free education and provided humanitarian aids countries hosting Syrian refugees thorough International organization.

3.Japan: This country rejected 99% of refugees in 2015. That is extremely uncooperative in this international society although it is rich and safe country. They can accept at least the number of refugees who have asked the help (7,586 asylum applications in 2015)

Greece: A large number of refugees are reaching the  islands of Lesbos and Kos,. On May, a Greek judge ruled that Syrian refugees should not be sent back to Turkey because it was unsafe. Greece can accept these reached refugees with the support from EU. At least 10,000 people because it is the number which is currently undressed asylum claims in Greece.

The UK: Although it is one of the most powerful countries, the share of taking the number of Syrian refugees is shocking by the size of the economy.It is not enough to resettle 20,000 people by 2020, should be more than 100,000.

by Natsumi

Turkey,Greece,Egypt

1.Turkey has same religion culture

2.Greece has an economic crisis. They can get over it by accepting refugees for financial aid from International Society especially from the EU.

3.Egypt is divided as an Africa,If the UN peace keeping forces operate in the middle east except Gulf states(countries). It is a good location to save refugees and also control some IS people within refugees.

4.Saudi Arabia is a central Islamic nation ,so I don't think the IS come to Saudi Arabia they can not do terror with refugees. Gulf states do not join the UN peace keeping operation because of protecting worse terror like 911. International Society all countries act of UN's peace keeping action except gulf states. they accept refugees carefully and we regain the middle east little by little from the extremists.

by Seil Park

Strategy:

1. Saudi Arabia is already contributing to the Syrian refugee crisis.The World Bank reports that 1,000,000 Syrians resided in Saudi Arabia in 2013 which is a whopping 795% increase over 2010. These Syrians are not counted technically "refugees," because Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf Sates are not signed up to the 1951 UNHCR convention that created the modern international refugee system.

Egypt (Shota, Natsumi, Shunto)
Stage 1: Egypt have already accepted about 130,000 (A hundred and thirty thousand) refugees so far. and Egypt is the only country where Syrian refugees are not suffering from anything, for two main reasons.

Firstly, they receive free education and healthcare.

Secondly,they are living with our society, not staying in camps such as those in Jordan and Turkey.They live within society and have started working.

But, our country hold some problems mainly for two reasons, which is lack of basic structure of industry and lack of stability of our government. we are thinking that we give a almost same living standard for Syrian refugees for education, healthcare and accommodation. but we would not promise in that point due to financial problems because of our situation.So we hope that other countries will provide us with financial support if we accept more refugees.

2, According to BBC(2016),The reason the war has become so complex is the intervention from other countries such as Iran,Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United States.They has been giving the military, financial and political support for the government and the opposition. Additionally, the rise of ISIS in Syria.

For example,

・Russia has started an air strike since September in 201u5 for stabilizing the government. They maintain the target is only "terrorists", but activists say they attack mainly Western backed rebel groups.

・The US say President Assad must step down because he provided limited weapons to moderate rebels and used fearful advanced weapons. They started air strikes since September 2014, conducting on IS in Syria,but it has avoided attacking from the government.

・Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia has been providing the financial and military support for the rebels,seeking to counter the influence of Iran in Syria.

・Turkey is another strong supporter for the rebels. They sought to limit the US power for Kurdish forces now fighting IS in northern Syria, accusing them of being connected with the banned Kurdish party (PKK).

We think these intervention should be stopped.

3, Egypt treats refugees the same way as national citizens. According to that, we prepare the same high level education for refugees and the public. . For example, we give a chance to learn leadership and higher education for young generation. And cheer up the young generation to contribute the charity and to attend school. . Moreover if we give enough education to refugees, the number of workers in Egypt will be increased. It will help refugees and the economy of Egypt.

4, We have already accepted130,000 refugees. This time, we would like to accept 100,000 (one hundred thousand) of the 2,000,000 (2million) for saving them and promoting our economy.

strategy...

Stage 2:

1. We would like to accept 100,000 (one hundred thousand) of 2,000,000 (2million) for saving them and promoting our economy.

Because we already have a Syrian community in the country and they can get an opportunity to work. But, unfortunately, xenophobia is rising after the arrival of military-led government. Therefore, we can't accept more than 100,000 in the terms of human rights.

2. Unfortunately, what we can for refugees is limited. Because we don't have an ideal environment for them.

Actually, Syrian refugees in Egypt are living in a fear and more than 40 % of them said they felt afraid because of theft and kidnapping. We are not able to provide them for security as its politics is unstable.Additionally, in the school, there is discrimination for refugees.

However, according to BBC(2015), There are Syrian entrepreneurs in Egypt who start a new life out of a camp.We have a flexible approach more than other countries.Unlike other countries like Jordan, we don't place refugees in the camp, allow them access to public education and healthcare.Therefore, it promotes their own independence.

For example, there is a popular cook from Syria in Egypt.He runs four restaurants now and hire 120 Syrian and Egyptian workers in the restaurants. According to him, Syrian restaurants in Egypt is very successful among Egyptian because the food is more varied. We can keep this altitude towards refugees and contribute to their self-support.

3. Japan, The UK, and Germany should accept more refugees.

Prime Minister Abe said Japan wil accept 150 Syrians over five years, treating them not as refugees but as exchange students. From his state, Japan's thought toward syrian refugees are changing in good way but still it is not enough to cover all refugees escaping from Syria. It seems that Japan is refusing to drag the conflict into their country. They should accept 100,000 (one hundred thousand) Syrian refugees over five years.

Most European countries are accepting refugees from Syria, but The UK are negative against refugees. In addition to this, they are escaping from the issue because of they are not in “EU” anymore. Accepting 150,000 (one hundred and fifty thousand) Syrian refugees are not big deal since UK has economic power and land then other countries like us near the Syria.

Germany is accepting many refugees since the Syrian refugee crisis and they belive that they could influence their econimics. If Germany are willing to continue its clemency to the Syrian refugees, it is not so much burden for them to accept 250,000 (two hundred and fifty thousand) refugees.

Strategy:

・We are possible to accept 100,000 refugees, if Japan and the UK (developed and less acceptance of refugees) provide us monetary support to improve living environment for refugees such as food and sanitation.

. We would like to keep our flexible approach for regfugees.We will continue to allow refugees access to public education and healthcare out of the camps.

・We hope other countries' intervention to Syria are stopped. Especially, Saudi Arabia and Turkey's intervention make Syrian conflict complex and more refugees. We want them think about peace in Syria not their own political problems.

・Egypt will accept refugees that Japan are going to accept as long as Japan will give a financial support and health care for refugees.

Useful links for research

 * 1) http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/regional.php
 * 2) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34131911
 * 3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugees_of_the_Syrian_Civil_War
 * 4) https://www.mercycorps.org/articles/iraq-jordan-lebanon-syria-turkey/quick-facts-what-you-need-know-about-syria-crisis
 * 5) http://www.wsj.com/video/syrian-refugee-crisis-overwhelms-its-neighbors/90FBC7B5-5CA7-4706-B339-83B336D5CFE3.html (Lebanon)
 * 6) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrians_in_Saudi_Arabia (Saudi Arabia)
 * 7) http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/05/20/national/japan-take-150-syrians-exchange-students-criticism-harsh-refugee-policy/#.V3ILUNKLTIU (Japan)
 * 8) https://www.gov.uk/government/world/syria (The UK)
 * 9) http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/09/world/europe/fates-diverging-afghan-and-syrian-migrants-clash-in-greece.html?_r=0 (Greece)
 * 10) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/04/eu-turkey-deal-syrian-refugees-germany-istanbul-hanover (Turkey, Germany)
 * 11) http://www.aljazeera.com/topics/subjects/turkey-syria-border.html (Turkey)
 * 12) http://www.refugeesinternational.org/reports/2015/10/14/tough-times-for-syrian-refugees-in-egypt (Egypt)
 * 13) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanian_intervention_in_the_Syrian_Civil_War (Jordan)
 * 14) http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/16979186 (background about the crisis)
 * 15) http://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/syria-dashboard/index.html (for everyone)
 * 16) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria (background on Syria)