Morality study: Iraqi refugees under American policies

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Presentation

Pages :

9 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

12/18/2008

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

International relations

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Summary :

Introduction.
1. Political theorists' debate on the responsibility of countries to protect the victims of humanitarian crises.
2. The United Nations High Commission on refugees states.
3. A close inspection of U.S. immigration policies.
The American mess and the status of Iraq today.
1. The Iraq Body Count.
2. Iraqis living in refugee camps.
The Iraqi refugee situation.
American policy response to the Iraqi crisis.
1. Iraqis seeking entry into the country through traditional immigration channels.
2. Segment of the Iraqi population that has no problems entering the United States.
3. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans for America.
4. America's failure to address the dire refugee situation.
Vietnam: A different response.
The security challenges posed by immigration policy.
Is the United State morally responsible for Iraqi refugees?
Conclusion.

Abstract

Political theorists have debated for centuries the responsibility of countries to protect the victims of humanitarian crises. Sine the earliest days of international law, Grotius, Kant and Vattel have attempted to strike a balance between realist interests and the duty to help those most in need: refugees. All three philosophers decided that countries faced with refugees on their borders have the moral obligation to help them because states control the good most intrinsic to the refugees' survival: a secure territory free of persecution. Centuries later, their thoughts were legalized through the 1951 Convention on refugees. There, the United Nations declared that it was the moral responsibility for Nations to offer refuge for those forced out of their homelands, regardless of their involvement in the matter. Culpability was not considered a requisite to act, but simply having the power to aid the plight of innocents. The United Nations High Commission on refugees states that in 2008 there are 9 million displaced persons in the world, driven into exile by violence in their home countries. Depending on geographical proximity to the crisis, nations have shouldered varying degrees of the burden.