Issue #1: Syrian refugees crisis

The Syrian refugee crisis began in March of 2011. During the Syrian conflict more than
240,000 people had been killed, about 12,000 of those people were children. An estimated one
million have either been hurt or permanently disabled. About 12 million Syrians were forced out
of their homes by the fighting. When Syrians decide to flee to other countries after seeing their
communities bombed or loved ones killed, most of the population attempted to take a dangerous
journey and flee to EU and more specifically they fled to Germany or France, since it is Europes
top destination for people in desperate need of shelter. Germany agreed to take in between
800,000 and 1 million, France accepted about 24,000 newcomers. More than half of all Syrian
refugees are found to be under the age of 18, children are commonly at risk of becoming sick due
to poor sanitation, being abused, or exploited and millions have been forced to quit school and
start working to help in provide for their families. Other countries have attempted to open public
schools for these children, unfortunately, due to the language barriers, overcrowding, and the
cost of transportation many refugee children keep out of school. The many basic necessities like
someone's food supply and medical care have become sparse for the refugees. Statistics from the
first five months of 2015 show that the number of refugees migrating does not seem to be
slowing down. Germany officials say that about 30 percent of incoming migrants claiming to be
citizens of Syria are originally from other countries. This estimate was based on the observations
of the federal police, officials on the ground, and the office for Migration and Refugees and
Frontex. It is an estimate of about 100 Syrian migrants per hour reaching Germany.