READER COMMENTS

A refugee is a person who left his family, his country and his own home in search of safety. A refugee is a person whose confidence has been shaken in a short time and suddenly. That is what is happening and what we are seeing almost annually in the Arab world, after the Palestinian refugee who represents a responsibility to the entire Arab world. Now, there are the Syrian refugee and Palestinian refugee, but before that there was the Iraqi. Now we are in front of a big responsibility that rests with the Arab rulers. The responsibility of all the Arab rulers is to unite and form the laws and issue them to maintain the dignity of the Arabs. Arabs are always known for their generosity and magnanimity. For example, when Iraq was occupied, Egypt received thousands of refugees who have been allocated, gave them full assistance, created special projects for them, and preserved their rights just like the Egyptian citizens. Many Arab countries have helped Iraqi refugees until they got out of the crisis. However, there is another meaning for refugees, not only the refugees who left their homes because of war or disaster. In the Arab nation there are many minorities under the name of refugees, for example, in Iraq the Kurds are called refugees and this is not permissible because the Kurds have become the people of the nation and reconstructed Iraq like any Iraqi citizen. The problem really deserves the attention of the Arab rulers because they will not be able to reject any Arab. Also, there is no other shelter for refugees and they have to go to a brotherly Arab country which can contain them and it can understand their culture and needs more than any other country. The refugee can become an investor in the country and increase the country's investments, and also strengthen relations between the two countries. Now, the Syrian refugee status is the most dangerous as it is impossible to live in Syria under the daily bombardments. The Arab countries are really interested in human rights and what they say about laws of rights.

Sometimes people are forced to leave their country and go to another country for economic, political or other reasons in order to begin a new life in a new place. The number of Arab refugees has increased there recently because of the incidents that occurred in the Arab States during that period. Many refugees flocked to the Arab States. The Arab States must look after these refugees, help them and provide them with housing and food to live a free and dignified life, as well as assist in the formation of a new society and accommodate them to it. All of the Arab countries cooperate to support the refugees and they consult on how to agree on some solutions to resolve the refugee crisis, deal with it very seriously, and allow them to carry out business within the country in which they live so that they will have the ability to live and raise a family, and enjoy a happy life. It is possible to help the refugees by providing them with security and enabling them to live under the new circumstances because the refugees emigrate from their country desiring to find stability and work and enjoy a quiet life to help them settle down. Every Arab country could help the refugees in a different way by financial assistance, provision of housing or jobs for the refugees. This, in turn, contributes to strengthening ties and contacts among the Arab countries, as well as between their inhabitants and the refugees. We, as Arab countries, must protect these refugees, provide safety and security for them, and provide educational opportunities for their children in the different grades to help them learn and develop. There are the Arab countries with big economic entities that could help the refugees through financial support and the allocation of sums of money for them to help them to live. They can create human rights associations and fund them to work on the protection and assistance of refugees, and they must control those human rights associations

The problem of refugees in the Arab world is one that is getting worse by the day as a result of the growing or emerging problems in some of the Arab countries such as Iraq, Syria and Yemen, or as a result of historical problems such as that of Palestine, which leads to difficult living conditions in these countries, whether it be due to these people being unable to have jobs in order to support themselves and their families, or due to their inability to live under circumstances of insecurity that are prevalent in those countries. As such, they resort to taking refuge in the neighboring countries thinking that they would find peaceful living conditions and any job opportunities with which they can provide for their families. But sometimes, or many times, they are shocked by the circumstances that they find themselves in in these countries or by the treatment that they are subjected to by these governments, as many of the Arab countries do not show much concern for the problems of Arab refugees that come to their country, contrary to the expectations of the refugees. And so, their conditions get even worse than what they were enduring in their home countries. The treatment that refugees receive in the Arab countries is the opposite of what their religion instructs them to do, and it is the opposite of what is known about the Arabs being helpful towards the destitute. Meanwhile, many foreign countries are addressing the problem of refugees in the Arab world. The Arab countries should be the first ones to assume their responsibilities in terms of protecting the refugees and providing them with suitable living conditions, instead of the inhumane and bad treatment that the refugees are subjected to. There are many Arab countries that show absolutely no care for the problems faced by refugees while they tout themselves as being preoccupied with the problems faced by Arabs. Also, it is not just the countries that have this responsibility, as there are individuals that have power and influence, and they have the capabilities to extend a helping hand to these people.

There are many discussions and suggestions that may partially solve the crisis of the refugees; every country can call for volunteers to collect donations and medicines and provide volunteers to ensure the education and housing of refugees. The Arab person is known for his dignity and hospitality, and Islam urges us to save our neighbors, so what about the oppressed neighbors? Are we more right to save the oppressor? The western citizen does not stay silent if he sees a dog being killed, but no one moves for the Syrian blood. Are not the people of the Arab world brothers and don’t they have one tongue? Why don’t the rich Arabs move? And they are many and they can establish private buildings in every country and allocate a special part for the refugees. In the end, God will punish Bashar and his aides and will save Syria and the Syrians.