As everybody knows, Syrian citizens are going through a rough time. Since March 15, 2011 Syria has been fighting a civil war; it began from a peaceful protest. The Syrian government repressed these protest aggressively and the citizens counterattacked. Violence in Syria has escalated ever since and has cost many innocent lives. The displacement that takes place here, is that millions of Syrians have evacuated their homes in the hope of finding a safe place to live. It is also estimated that “five million Syrians have had to leave the country”, this according to the United Nations. Additionally, six million more people have moved in search for a safer place inside Syria. That is about eleven million Syrians who have had to leave their towns and everything that’s familiar to them in order to remain alive. They must adapt to their new lives, where they must to start from scratch. Many have lost family members and find it challenging to move on without them. These people were forced to migrate to foreign lands in order to survive.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/04/exchange-residents-begins-evacuation-deal-170414051642212.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26116868
After reading this and watching the film in class, I’ve definitely realized that Syrians are suffering greatly because of this crisis. It must be intense to imagine a large group of people leaving their country becasue of something that isn’t their fault. In this way, they suffer through own displacement. I agree, they must learn to adapt to new environemnts and must learn to adapt to their emotions since they are letting go a huge part of their identity and culture.