Akshat JainAIR 2 · CSE 2018 · 158 wordsTheir whole copy
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Ethics in international relations are very much needed in today's interconnected world.
In this context, nation states have a responsibility towards asylum seekers -
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i) on humanitarian grounds ii) to protect them from prosecution iii) to uphold their own moral principles
Refugee Policy should be based on -
i) Humanitarian grounds e.g. Rohingyas have been forced to leave their homes due to no fault of theirs. Thus other nations must not send them away, back to where their life is in danger.
ii) security purposes iii) Protecting the interests of own people, but only on rational grounds iv) In-built mechanisms of cooperation with agencies like UNHCR, for re-patriation and protection v) Finding ways to turn the refugees into contributing partners in country's development
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E.g. the Syrian war refugees that have entered Europe, can be integrated into the local economy
Thus, an ethical approach should guide us because humans remain humans irrespective of the borders from where they come.