Think about it

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Sarah Elgohary                                                                        
Paper assignment 5               
Social movements and think tanks           
One approach that could fit in this space would be something like, “Historically, the U.S. and other countries have accepted refugees displaced by war and persecution, based on moral claims about the importance of defending human rights when countries and their citizens are able to doThink tanks and social movement organizations are very important in trying to solve the refugee crisis because not only do they educate people about Syrian refuges, but they are also providing resources for the refugees. While some think tanks frame the crisis, Islamophobia is a major obstacle that needs to be overcome to improve the circumstances of the Syrian refugees being admitted into Western countries. While think tanks provide information, social movements provide a voice and programs to improve the circumstances of Syrians refugees that seek refuge in foreign countries. Therefore, social movements attempt to solve the refugee crisis. 
    Many think tanks want to help and advocate for Syrian refugees. One think tank in particular is the European Parliament Think Tank, which is in favor of admission of Syrian refugees to Europe. In addition, this think tank has three main goals that include raising awareness, advocacy and finding solutions to the refugee crisis. Furthermore, the think tank constructs the problem of Syrian refugees not only as the worst humanitarian crisis ever, but they also believe the Syrian refugee crisis is a result of a “conflict- embroiled country and ongoing horrific human rights violations” (The European Parliament Think Tank, 2001).  The think tank uses both original research and secondary sources such as information from the European Union and polices about how other western countries are dealing with Syrian refugees. For example, they made mention to Obama’s plan to admit Syrian refugees in the United States. As a result, the European Parliament Think Tank uses statistics as evidence to support their claim that the Syrian refugee crisis is the worst humanitarian crisis ever, by stating the fact that more than 7.6 million Syrians are internally displaced. (The European Parliament Think Tank, 2001). In addition, approximately 12.2 million are in need of humanitarian assistance and more than 4 million are refugees in neighboring countries and Europe (The European Parliament Think Tank, 2001). Therefore, my research on the refugee crisis has led me to the conclusion that there needs to be more initiatives and actions  by the world to implement solutions to solve the crisis rather than just having mere suggestions on how the problem that will actually result in major changes to the circumstances of Syrian refugees.
 Western nations have a capitalist ideology, which makes a majority of people react to foreign problems with indifference, and hostility. This is the case with the Syrian refugees because people in Western nations do not realize that they have a false conscientiousness about issues that do not directly affect them?. They do not react to facts, or problems, that do not fit into their personal worldview (Rizzo, 2016) As a result, it is important to know how to frame Syrian refugees and the refugee crisis in positive ways in order to find solutions. Therefore, even though the European Parliament think tank supports the admission of Syrian refugees, the negative way they frame the refugee crisis as a simple migration issue thereby belittles the seriousness of the refugee crisis. At the same time, this type of rhetoric and bad media representation of Syrian refugees is sending an extremely negative message to the word that the refugee problem is not an important enough issue to solve.   
Furthermore, Islamophobia is creating a fear of Syrian refugees as terrorists, causing the problem to get worse rather than being solved.  In reality, in order to solve the refugee crisis people need to stop hiding behind their fear of terrorism and islamophobia to understand that the majority of Syrian refugees actually are innocent people who are escaping their countries because of conflict. After all, refugees are not seen as terrorists but as innocent people in need of protection .Therefore, people need to change how they view refugees because the only way to solve the refugee crisis is to correctly identify the roots of the problem which not only lie in Islamophobia, but also how refugees are depicted. Generally, people identify refugees as people who need protection and a safe place to live not as terrorists; however, Syrian refugees are assumed terrorists rather than innocent people. If Western nations view the Syrian refugees the same as other refugees the world could find solutions for crisis. This approach would be the right and ideal one instead of our current approach of banning innocent Syrian refugees because they are falsely being lumped into the same category as terrorists, which is only stalling and escalating the problem. 
Another Think Tank that supports the admission of Syrian refugees is the Council of Foreign Relations. The Council of Foreign Relations reports that many countries in the European Union that have their own unique plans for Syrian refugees. This Think Tank has three main goals the first goal is to raise awareness about the Syrian refugee crisis. The second goal is advocacy for Syrian refugees; the last goal is to find solutions for the Syrian refugee crisis. Moreover, the Think Tank constructs the problem of Syrian refugees not only as the worst humanitarian crisis This think tank uses statistics to show the just how horrible the refugee crisis In addition, countries in the European Union are debating the issue of who should take and share responsibly for Syrian refugees that are already in Europe. The Council of Foreign Relations emphasizes the need for long-term solutions because the refugees are continuing to increase and they are unlikely to subside in the near future. As a result, they believe that European leaders need to focus on the foreign policy origins of the asylum crisis as well as reformation of Europe’s asylum system ("European Council on Foreign Relations"). On other hand ,unlike the framing of The European Parliament think tank, The European Council on Foreign Relations is framing the refugee crisis as true humanitarian crisis in which western nations  have to come together to share responsibility of Syrian refugees. This positive framing makes it more suitable to find solutions to the refugee crisis.
The Arab American Institute is a social movement and advocacy organization for Syrian refugees.  This agency has three goals. The first goal is to raise awareness about the Syrian refugee crisis, the second goal is to illuminate the cause of the refugee crisis, the final goal is to advocate for Syrian refugees and find solutions to the refugee crisis. The Arab American Institute frames the refugee crisis as a humanitarian crisis, even though? many existing regulations and provisions related to anti-terrorism and Islamophobia initiatives have made it increasingly difficult for Syrian refugees to resettle in the U.S. Recently, the Obama Administration eased the “material support” language of immigration regulations to enable greater Syrian eligibility for entry into the U.S. Since the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011, the U.S. admitted 1,883 refugees (Arab American Institute, 2016- ). This a minuscule number compared to our allies in the Middle East and Europe that built programs to take in hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees over the next two years. In addition, the agency uses its own original research on Syrian refugees everything from the Syrian civil war to the humanitarian crisis.  The purpose of the Arab American Institute in the refugee crisis is working to address the needs of Syrian refugees and host communities in Jordan and Lebanon. Their primary focus is securing access for Syrian refugees and host communities, protection services, such as health care, rehabilitation, psychosocial and resilience support services. The group is also trying to obtain safe and sanitary housing, access to education including higher/ University education, training, skills and child protection for the Syrian Refugees and host communities (The Arab American Institute2016). This organization has the right approach for framing Syrian refugees as people in need of assistance, and not treating the refugees as criminals who kill people. This approach can help end the refugee crisis, because with this positive frame of Syrian refugees it is easier to find solutions to this humanitarian crisis.  
Another social movement organization for Syrian refugees is the Center of Religious action of Reform for Judaism the goal of this agency is to advocate for Syrian refugees and find solutions to the refugee crisis. They provide basic resources such as food, water, shelter and jobs for Syrian refugees. In addition, the agency uses its own original research on Syrian refugees, including everything from the politics of the Syrian civil war to the humanitarian crisis. Center Religious action of (Reform for Judaism). 
  Think tanks are important tools used to frame politics, including the Syrian refugee crisis. Social movement organizations are important for the advocacy of Syrian refugees. Solutions to the problem of Syrian refugees have to be developed by a worldwide collaboration of countries around the world and the United Nations. In order to find solutions to the Syrian refugee crisis, Islamophobia, needs to be overcome. Even though, Islamophobia is not the direct cause of the Syrian refugee crisis, it is still a strong barrier to fixing this social phenomenon.
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European Council on Foreign Relations. (n.d.). Retrieved October 14, 2016, from http://www.ecfr.eu/debate/foreign_policy_responses_to_a_continuing_refugee_crisis


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