HUM 2395 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: World Food Programme
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billion gap between what un requested and what it has received from member countries. World food program aid to syrian refugees in lebanon- cut to . 50 per month. The us accepts refugees subject to vetting by both the un and the us departments of state and homeland security. Risk is by nature of speculative- it is about what might happen. If we think that muslims are taught to hate the west, for example, the risk of refugee resettlement are intensely magnified. There are groups in the muslim world and in the west that believe in the clash of civilization. They have their stories: bin laden: muslim suffering inflicted that the christians/ jewish alliance, populist right: violent jihad as a religious obligation of all muslims. If we shut the door on refugees, what effect does this have on the narrative of a clash of civilization. Imagine a spate of terrorist attacks on the us.
