1. Syrian Refugees: Morality or Security?
By: Michael Heath Fields
Mentor: Dr. Anita Walz
Presented: April

2. Syrian Civil War (Arab Spring) 2011
The Refugee Crisis
Syrian Civil War (Arab Spring) 2011
Free Syrian Army, Assad Regime, ISIS
About 4 million Syrians fleeing, 7 million displaced within.

3. Refugees in Turkey. Turkey Borders Syria
More tolerant refugee laws (EU).
About 1.6 million
Crowded in refugee camps (some didn’t even get the camps).
Abused for cheap labor.
Syria and its neighbors (123RF).

4. Refugee: Burden or Gift?
Syrian refugees treated as burden.
Economic Potential?
Acceptance Issues.

5. Western World more resources. Stagnant response (especially U.S.)
Western Involvement
Western World more resources.
Stagnant response (especially U.S.)
More countries involved helps situation.

6. Syrian Refugees coming to the United States
Refugee admission process long, 9 government agencies.
Pew Research Center Poll September 2015 (51%- 46%).
President Donald Trump. Released list of 78 terrorist attacks.

7. Registered Syrian Refugees Syrian Refugee Admission in U.S. Per Year
2007 ? 17
2008 24
2009 25
2010
2011
8,000 29
2012
493,423 31
2013
2,325,350 36
2014
3,222,565
105
2015
4,595,198
1,682
2016
4,795,648
Table 1. This shows the escalation of the Syrian refugee crisis in relation to the number of refugees being taken in by the U.S. (U.S. Department of State).

8. Objective
President Trump’s immigration ban on six countries and refugee suspension.
Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen
List of 78 terrorist attacks.
Does Islamic terrorism only come from the these counties, or from other countries as well?

9. Methods
Analyzed the White House list of 78 terrorist attacks released in February 2017.
People killed and wounded in each country, number of attacks per country. perpetrator origin, foreign attacks.
ArcGIS was used to illustrate analysis of data.

10. People killed by Islamic Terrorism per country

11. People Wounded By Islamic Terrorism Per Country

12. Terrorist attacks per country

13. Countries where Islamic Terrorists originate

14. Countries that experienced foreign terrorist attacks

16. Discussion
Based on results of terrorist origin, can we really say that terrorists come from a select few countries?
Trump’s policy unnecessary?
Who’s more in danger?
3 year old Syrian Alan Kurdi (Wikipedia).

17. Conclusion
Take in more, reduce burden. (Global Effort).
Terrorism comes from all over the world, not just a select few countries.
Suspending refugees, even if temporary, leaves them in a dangerous situation for inconclusive reasons.

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