Early Childhood Studies Refugees in the World

Question: Discuss How and why secondary data to carry research about the conditions of the child refugees in the developed countries. Answer: Introduction The disturbance in the different parts of the world has contributed to the growing number of refugees in the world (Fazel et al. 2012). The developed countries, like Australia and the European countries are the once who are giving shelter to the refugees. Out of all the countries, the United Kingdom and Australia are the biggest contributors who are giving shelter to refugees. The child refugees are the ones who are affected in the process. At times, they are separated from their families due to the dislocation. This write-up will throw light on the problems that are faced by the child refugees once they had to dislocate from their country to another country (Dudley et al. 2012). Refugees are the people who are forced to move out from their countries and take shelter in the foreign land. People become refugees when there is a huge amount of unrest in the country and they are unable to live in the country. There is a huge refugee crisis due to the year in Syria. It is a concern becaus e the developed countries are unable support the growing number of refugees in the society. Reason behind choosing the topic At times, the child refugees do not get proper attention and care that they should get from the parents due to the dislocation. Disease is another factor that affects the children. Due to the poor level of hygiene in the refugee, camps and the children are more prone to the disease (Taylor and Sidhu 2012). The topic is chosen to give special attention to the conditions of the children as it hugely affects the early years of setting. The children become emotionally and physically unstable which affects them once they grow up. The children even fail to recognize their identity and at times suffer from identity crisis. They cannot relate themselves from their own country nor can they be called the citizen of the country where they have migrated (Hek, Hughes and Ozman 2012). Once they do not receive the proper care in the childhood, they are unable to decide about their future. Moreover, the lack of education does not equip them with proper knowledge that will help them in making future decisions in life (Morantz, Rousseau and Heymann 2012). The topic was chosen to identify the issues faced by the children if they have to dislocate form their country and the type of care that should be given to them so that they grow up being an adult who is able to take proper decision in life. Difference between migrant, refugee and the importance of the topic A migrant is the one who has left his or her own country by choice. The person might have got a job in the foreign land or want to study abroad (Trickey et al. 2012). The person had the time to get the information about the foreign land and then migrate to the foreign land. A refugee does not have any choice of the country where he or she is migrating. A refugee is mainly leaving the country because he or she cannot tolerate the violence or unrest that is going on his or her own country (Wernesj 2012). The government is not able to control the violence and the situation becomes dangerous for the citizens. The citizens have to live in constant fear of losing their lives and hence do not have any choice but to migrate to any country where they can get the minimum food and safety. The children are the most affected ones among the refugees, thus it is important to study the conditions of the children when they have to migrate to other countries against their choice. It is important to ev aluate the way the children develop themselves in a foreign land where they are not accepted either by the government or by the people of the country. After the evaluation, the government will be able to understand the types of programs that should be suited for the children and eventually steps will be taken for the social development of the children. Justification of the topic In an article, Mental health of displaced and refugee children resettled in high-income countries: risk and protective factors byMina Fazel it has been found that the mental health of the children and the adolescent who are being dislocated in another country does not develop in the normal manner (Fazel et al. 2012). The support from the government and the non-governmental organizations help in shaping up the future of the children by introducing certain programs that will support the children to develop the soft skills. The organizations can arrange for educational session that will help in development the children as a whole. Thus, a further research needs to be done evaluate the problems that are being faced the refugees and most importantly the children who are being dislocated in a new location (Hammond 2013). Along with the mental support, they need Financials support and education that will help them to develop as an individual. Thus, a research on the life of the children refugees will help the readers to get an idea about the problems that they are facing and the ways that will help the children to lead a better life. It is a well-accepted truth; the world needs to put a stop on the war to help the children lead a better life. Issues refugee children and their families facing Whenever there is a disruption in the family, the most affected members in the family are the children. The adults of the family are disturbed as they are dislocated from their country and in search of employment. In the foreign land, the foreigners are not ready to accept the citizens who are migrating from a different country (Wu and Poenaru 2013). The government is always not ready to accept the refugees as they affect the economy of the country. Thus, employment is a big issue for the refugees. Once the adults of the family are not able to get a proper employment, they will be unable to look after the children of the family. The children get affected because they see their parents in constant pressure. The adults are emotionally unstable due to the disturbances, and eventually they are not able to give a good life to the children (Pacione, Measham and Rousseau 2013). As the children do not get proper care and support from the family, there is high chance that they indulge in ant- social activities like taking drugs, indulging in stealing and other unethical ways to get money and set a living for themselves. Hence, they are deprived of proper education that they should get as a child (Bronstein, Montgomery and Ott 2013). To welcome the refugees or disapprove them The childrens section of the Refugee Council of the United Kingdom takes special effort to protecting and safeguarding the children who have been dislocated from their family while migrating from one country to another. The Refugee Council that is located in Kent has asked the children to send in posters to welcome the children in the country, especially those who are not with their parents. Figure 1: the poster that has been sent in by the children to welcome the refugee children (Source: Refugeecouncil.org.uk, 2016) Prime Minister, David Cameron invited a huge displeasure from the public when he said that he is against the country taking in more refugees (Wintour 2015). The citizens feel that the UK council is still equipped to take in more refugees. However, Cameron pointed out that taking in more refugees is not the only method of solving the problems of refugees. He insisted that the countries should work aim towards solving the issue and bring peace in the world. As the war will contribute tit will keep on increasing the number of refugees and it is not possible for the developed countries to keep on taking refugees (Hughes 2013). Argument on accompanied and unaccompanied children A lot has been written about the steps taken by the United Kingdom and the Prime Minister David Cameron about taking in the refugees. However, there are certain steps taken by the government like the Save the Children campaign where the prime minister has said that they can take in the 3000 unaccompanied children (Mail Online 2016). However, the argument arises that whether the children will be able to survive the parents. For the children who are already separated from the family, the Save The Children campaign will be a boon for them as they will get a place to stay and care of the governmental organizations. However, for those children who are not separated from their parents, it will be a difficult for them as they will get detached from their family (Chase 2013). Separating the children who have come with their parents will not be good steps from the part of the government as the parent will be the best people to care for them. Thus, it can be said that the children who are arri ving with the parents should be allowed to stay with the parents. For the unaccompanied children, the Save the Children campaign is the best option for them (Arnot, Pinson and Candappa 2013). Figure 2: the unaccompanied children in the Macedonia-Serbia border (Source: Mail Online, 2016) Language and culture barriers The worst affected country in the world due to the war is Syria. Syria is located in the western Asia and the language that is spoken by the citizens is Arabic. The developed countries like the United Kingdom and Australia posses an entirely different culture, and the people speak a different language (Tyrer and Fazel 2014). The children who are being separated from the parents might not be able to speak the western language as they are still in the process of learning their language (Colucci et al. 2014). The Cultural difference will affect the adolescents as they are gradually learning their culture. The children who do not know the language will face a huge issue as they will not be able to share their thoughts and demands. There are certain programs that are being implemented by the government of the United Kingdom to look after the refugees. The children might not be avail those facilities as provided by the authorities as they might not be able to convey their thoughts as the l anguage is unknown to them (Watkins and Zyck 2014). Children who are separated from their parents will face more issues as they would not have any support from the parents to help them. Method of carrying out the research The research was carried out by keeping in mind that the refugees are not in a stable condition and the authorities who are dealing with the problems of accommodating refugees in the country face many problems. Thus, a secondary research is being carried out to identify the problems that are being faced by the refugees who are being migrated to the United Kingdom (McMillan and Schumacher 2014). The secondary data has helped the researcher to get an idea about various aspects that have been taken into account by other researchers in the past, and the present researcher was able to give special attention to the aspects and study the conditions of the refugees in the United Kingdom. The secondary data was in the form of the interviews, research papers, blogs and books, which were helpful for the researcher to learn about the present condition of the refugees and especially the child refugees (Matthews and Ross 2014). The researcher has mainly taken into account the qualitative data, whi ch are the interviews given by some eminent personalities. The description of the state of the refugees as retrieved from the online material are mainly useful for the researcher to understand the conditions of the child refugees in the United Kingdom (Bryman 2015). However, the researcher did not take the help of unethical ways to get the data and only the authentic data from the correct person are being mentioned in the research work (Mertens 2014). Conclusion The researcher mainly took into account the secondary data to carry research about the conditions of the child refugees in the developed countries. While carrying out the work it was found that the refugees have a tough time to adjust themselves in the foreign locations. In addition to this, the children suffer a lot in the process, as they are unaware of the disturbance and the political violence in the country. In spite of their unawareness, they are being forced to move away from their country. Education and proper care from the parents are the two most important things that they are deprived of. Childhood is the perfect time when the values of the family, the cultural and social values are incorporated among the children. When the children face problems in the early stages, it affects the future of the child when he or she grows up as an independent individual. It is expected that the research will help the readers in understanding the problems that the children are facing and ma ke the people realize that war should be stopped to make the world a safer place for the children. 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