The Journey of 7 Syrian refugee children escaping the Syrian Civil War 2011 through campus in Middle East to Europe. How certain countries like Poland, Austria, Hungary shut their doors and countries like Greece, Germany, Sweden (initially) opened their doors and welcome the 9 million Syrians.
Why do countries deny refugees the right to citizenship? What're the implications of giving them work? Aren't they human beings too?
It takes an average 20 years for a refugee to be given citizenship. The Rohinga people are still waiting for theirs, no? After 40 years.
A civil war which escalated to a European Union mess. Uncoordinated efforts on many grounds.
Yet the Syrians are so resilient, educated, tech savvy bunch of people who want to be connected to their families back home in e.g. Damascus.
The songs of a beautiful Syria no more is heart wrenching to hear. Even more heart wrenching are the anecdotes the children tell- dreams of beheaded people, bombs, destruction. Families torn asunder by border wars, a young boy burnt but not dead by a bomb blast, teens trying to start a new life in a different country, learning to speak the language of French, German, and being bullied by children of their host country.
Of the 7 children, 2 have not reported to any borders alive, 1 is this blossoming young woman who takes boxing lessons and is Catholic, 1 boy still lives on the Turkish border in due conditions heading from the blast, unaware that his dad had died, 1 boy finally had been granted the refugee status in Brussels, 2 brothers have finally reunited in the same state in Germany and living together with their 2 uncles who are themselves in their 20s.
What is UNHCR doing? Donations in cash and kind are not just the key to this complex crisis.
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