beas syria

Question 1

EU solutions

Answer 1

• persuaded european leaders to triple Operation Triton
• will pay €6000 per asylum-seeker
• ban all investment in Syrian oil industry
• since March 2011, €2.6 billion has been allocated to support syrian
• maintains pressure on Syria to ensure that the chemical weapons programme is completely dismantled

Question 2

govt solutions

Answer 2

• germany accepted 42% refugees
• sweden accepted 77%
• Britain accepting 20,000 over 5 years
• britain allocated £1.2 billion in aid

Question 3

actions by syrian govt

Answer 3

• committed war crimes
• organisation for prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCW) has evidence to suggest govt has used toxic chemicals between april & july 2014
• blamed for 96% of 250,000 syrian deaths
• allegedly dropped at least 249 cluster munitions attacks

Question 4

actions by ISIS (ISIL/ Da’esh)

Answer 4

• committed war crimes
• made hundreds of public executions
• have chemical weapons despite UNSC resolution 2218

Question 5

direct effect on syrians

Answer 5

• more than 250,000 deaths
• more than 11 million displaced
• more than 1 million injured
• since feb2014: >6000 killed by barrel bombs
• over 4 million have fled syria since 2011
• over 12.2 million in need of humanitarian aid
• education disrupted
• approx 2300 drowned en route to greece from syria (2015)
• approx 700,000 refugees in lebanon rely on UN food vouchers

Question 6

impact on other countries

Answer 6

• caused by one of the largest refugee exoduses in recent history
• lebanon, jordan & turkey
• severe effect on resources
• price of labour decreasing
• > 1.2 million refugees arrived in lebanon since 2011
• overcrowding
• feb 2015:>622,000 syrians with UNHCR in jordan
• refugees harming tourism in greece & italy

Question 7

ineffectiveness of UN

Answer 7

•iran & russia support assad
•un food programmes underfunded- food vouchers in lebanon only $13.50
•not all countries attended all geneva talks
•rise of islamic rebels & jihadi groups has led to a lack of international support
•turkey, saudi arabia, qatar, us, uk & france support sunni dominated opposition
->BUT: following paris attacks us, uk & france have been bombing syria

Question 8

ineffectiveness of EU

Answer 8

• mainly only “condemning”

* rise of jihadi groups has led to a lack of international support

Question 9

ineffectiveness of govts

Answer 9

• in poland 70% oppose taking asylum seekers from africa & middle east
• slovakia will only accept christians
• hungary built fences along border

Question 10

causes of syrian conflict

Answer 10

• march 2011: pro-democracy protests
• arab spring
• rise in jihadist groups e.g. ISIS

Question 11

UN solutions

Answer 11

• UNSC resolution 2118 imposed on syria responsibilities and a timeline for destruction of chemical weapons
• initiated multiple peace talks in geneva
• WFP helping >1.5 million refugees in neighbouring countries
• UNHCR provides basic and essential humanitarian aid
• european countries working with UN refugee agency will resettle 22,504 people
• UNGA 2015 focused heavily on syria