Rights, Resilience, and Economic Integration: A Global Study on Leveraging Refugee Populations for National Development
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Arun Verma
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Humanities and Management
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Abstract
The international refugee issue is getting worse because of new geopolitics. More recently, sex scandals, like the Epstein files, have been considered a major cause of the modern-day refugee crisis. When political leaders seek to distract their citizens by diverting public focus, a tactic commonly referred to as spinning the narrative, they can trigger unwanted wars or take unprecedented actions, such as US President Donald Trump's recent claims of territorial rights over Greenland and Cuba. This kind of initiative can force millions of people to leave their home country and seek asylum in another country. Trump started an illegitimate war against Iran, which was a clear breach of international law. The United Nations was unable to take action against US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; such actions may trigger World War III and can force millions to flee their nation in search of safety, food, and employment. Besides these new factors, there are traditional ones, such as climate change, political turmoil, coups, persecution, wars, political instability, economic hardship, state failure, ethnic conflict, armed conflict, poverty, and safety. Many people believed that refugees were a problem and burden on the host country's economy. We can leverage their skills to help the country grow and boost GDP by implementing a policy framework so that we can use refugees in our workforce. A legislative framework is necessary to ensure that we fully utilise the most talented individuals for economic growth. When refugees come to any country, we need to fill out an online form that includes all of their academic and professional qualifications, employment experience, job preferences, etc. This way, we can use their skills to help the country prosper. The United Nations has made reports that clearly say that these refugees can be crucial for economic growth. This means that we can't consider them a burden on the economy. Whoever is directly or indirectly responsible for the refugee crisis needs to pay for their livelihood, as this accountability can help ensure that refugees are supported and integrated into society rather than being viewed as a burden. Ordinary people do not oppose refugees; however, some politicians exploit the situation for political gain by portraying refugees as a threat to national progress. They often use social media and NLP as tools to manipulate this narrative, which can result in increased discrimination and social division within the community, ultimately undermining the human rights of refugees and exacerbating the challenges they face in seeking equality and fairness, such as access to essential services, employment opportunities, and social acceptance. There is one more significant issue I want to talk about: human rights, such as equality, fairness, and bias based on race or ethnicity. First contact with the refugees is not always as expected due to several reasons, i.e., ethnic and religious beliefs, dominance of locals, education level, distribution of natural resources, government support and policy.