Omran Daqneesh Research Paper
A new day, a new airstrike. When will it stop? Where will it land? All they know is that once it lands, they will never see their home again. They will never see their family again. They will never live their life the same again. Children, mothers, all disappeared, all kidnapped.
This is the life of an ordinary Syrian today. An ordinary Syrian who could be as young as 5 years old like Omran Daqneesh. Daqneesh is a young boy from Aleppo who has recently sparked controversy in the media as images and videos of him went viral. The guiltless young boy sits in the back of an ambulance as he has just been pulled from the remains of his home. Looking stunned, Daqneesh rubs the dust off his forehead, realising that he is covered in blood. Quoting …show more content…
Sophie McNeill, “In one image, this confused, hurt little boy captures the absolute horror that continues to unfold each day in Aleppo, in full view of the world.”
Today, I will be talking about the Syrian war and the refugees. This is only one in a couple hundreds of cases that I have shown you, cases that has been swept under the carpet by worldwide news media. This is the problem with today's society. Incidents ranging from shootings of innocent civilians to gas attacks, all being buried underneath the pointless and outraging articles being published by the media. Is the death of 400,000 innocent civilians not enough to attract the smallest attention of social media and politicians? Social media and politicians are undermining such a serious issue, resulting in minimum public awareness on a significant topic that has been ongoing for over 5 years. 5 years where innocent Syrians are being slaughtered because not enough of us know what these people are going through.
It is the media’s responsibility to prioritise certain topics over others. They need to put more attention on issues similar to the Syrian war, rather than the activities of brain-washed celebrities. People right now are more worried about not being home on time to watch the latest episode of ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ when there are Syrian families who don’t even have a television, or even worse, a home. People right now are more worried about wearing the same clothes too often when there are Syrians who only has one change of clothes that is ruined and covered in blood. This is the result of social media spoon feeding our community with news that is irrelevant to the world. People are not being constantly updated with news about Syria and soon the war will be washed away along with the rest of the families.
In 2011, Australia and Syria had a population of approximately 22 million people living peacefully in their country.
As of now in 2016, Australia has a population of 24 million, whereas Syria has a population of 18 million. That’s a difference of 6 million people. A huge contribution to this is the result of families in Syria being forced out of their homes to flee to neighbouring and overseas countries. Oversea countries have been accepting over 50,000 refugees with the highest at 600,000. To name a few, countries like Germany, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Sweden, Hungary, Canada and Croatia are all making a difference in giving these Syrians a second chance. But where’s our name on the list? Surely with the 6th largest landmass in the world, we are able to accept a few thousands right? No, that’s just asking too much from the government. Over the past 5 years of the war, Australia has accepted only 4,500 Syrian refugees. Although former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced to open up an additional 12,000 places in Australia’s humanitarian immigration program last September in 2015, only 29 refugees have settled in Australia since. Then we take a look at other countries like Canada. In just three months, the Canadian government has flown in 20,490 Syrian refugees. But what are we doing Australia? Why are we so behind in giving these people a second chance in life? Canada have shown their generosity by providing a safe new start for thousands of Syrian families, so why can’t we do the
same?
The longer we delay our promises, the sooner the lives of these innocent people will be gone. There are innocent children without parents, without homes, living in fear as they could be kidnapped at any second. I believe that we, as a country, are able to make a difference. But we need to act fast before a generation of Syrians are wasted.
Thank you.
This is the life of an ordinary Syrian today. An ordinary Syrian who could be as young as 5 years old like Omran Daqneesh. Daqneesh is a young boy from Aleppo who has recently sparked controversy in the media as images and videos of him went viral. The guiltless young boy sits in the back of an ambulance as he has just been pulled from the remains of his home. Looking stunned, Daqneesh rubs the dust off his forehead, realising that he is covered in blood. Quoting …show more content…
Sophie McNeill, “In one image, this confused, hurt little boy captures the absolute horror that continues to unfold each day in Aleppo, in full view of the world.”
Today, I will be talking about the Syrian war and the refugees. This is only one in a couple hundreds of cases that I have shown you, cases that has been swept under the carpet by worldwide news media. This is the problem with today's society. Incidents ranging from shootings of innocent civilians to gas attacks, all being buried underneath the pointless and outraging articles being published by the media. Is the death of 400,000 innocent civilians not enough to attract the smallest attention of social media and politicians? Social media and politicians are undermining such a serious issue, resulting in minimum public awareness on a significant topic that has been ongoing for over 5 years. 5 years where innocent Syrians are being slaughtered because not enough of us know what these people are going through.
It is the media’s responsibility to prioritise certain topics over others. They need to put more attention on issues similar to the Syrian war, rather than the activities of brain-washed celebrities. People right now are more worried about not being home on time to watch the latest episode of ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ when there are Syrian families who don’t even have a television, or even worse, a home. People right now are more worried about wearing the same clothes too often when there are Syrians who only has one change of clothes that is ruined and covered in blood. This is the result of social media spoon feeding our community with news that is irrelevant to the world. People are not being constantly updated with news about Syria and soon the war will be washed away along with the rest of the families.
In 2011, Australia and Syria had a population of approximately 22 million people living peacefully in their country.
As of now in 2016, Australia has a population of 24 million, whereas Syria has a population of 18 million. That’s a difference of 6 million people. A huge contribution to this is the result of families in Syria being forced out of their homes to flee to neighbouring and overseas countries. Oversea countries have been accepting over 50,000 refugees with the highest at 600,000. To name a few, countries like Germany, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Sweden, Hungary, Canada and Croatia are all making a difference in giving these Syrians a second chance. But where’s our name on the list? Surely with the 6th largest landmass in the world, we are able to accept a few thousands right? No, that’s just asking too much from the government. Over the past 5 years of the war, Australia has accepted only 4,500 Syrian refugees. Although former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced to open up an additional 12,000 places in Australia’s humanitarian immigration program last September in 2015, only 29 refugees have settled in Australia since. Then we take a look at other countries like Canada. In just three months, the Canadian government has flown in 20,490 Syrian refugees. But what are we doing Australia? Why are we so behind in giving these people a second chance in life? Canada have shown their generosity by providing a safe new start for thousands of Syrian families, so why can’t we do the
same?
The longer we delay our promises, the sooner the lives of these innocent people will be gone. There are innocent children without parents, without homes, living in fear as they could be kidnapped at any second. I believe that we, as a country, are able to make a difference. But we need to act fast before a generation of Syrians are wasted.
Thank you.