International ethics Assignment
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Added on 2021-06-18
International ethics Assignment
Added on 2021-06-18
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Running Head: INTERNATIONAL ETHICSInternational ethicsName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
1INTERNATIONAL ETHICSDialogue topic:"Welcoming refugees sounds good in theory, but in practice, it will lead to thewealthy nations being over-run by the poor of the world."John: How pathetic!Jerry: What are you talking about John?John: Nearly 1 million people have left Venezuela and entered Colombia since the governmentof President Nicolas Maduro’s government has descended into crisis last year. Jerry: why are people leaving Venezuela?John: According to the news, economic crisis along with a rising amount of Healthcare issue istwo the chief reasons for individuals leaving their motherland and entering Colombia. However,the government of Colombia is preventing further entry of immigrants. Where will these helplesspeople go now?Jerry: Honestly, I think this is only one side of the coin, John. Since a huge number of refugees istravelling from Venezuela to Colombia, this is bound to impose a negative impact on theeconomic condition of the host country. Moreover, refugees prefer wealthy countries overanother poverty stricken county to obtain shelter from. You remember the Syria incident? Morethan 80 percent of the Syrian refugees are found to prefer taking refuge under the government ofLebanon over that of Israel or Iraq. John: Is not this quite normal? Wealthy countries have the ability to provide betteraccommodation and safer environment compared to the financially weaker nations. The Syrianindividuals have already gone through a traumatic situation. Hence, it is quite normal that they
2INTERNATIONAL ETHICSwill look for a safer accommodation so that no further physical or psychological traumaticsituation is evidenced by them.Jerry: This is true. But if you think from the perspective of wealthy countries, you will be able topoint out several disadvantages that the host countries have to face when they offer residence tothe refugees. Especially, a highly negative impact is imposed on the economy of host countrywho offers residence to the refugees. For example, the Chinese government claims that being thecountry with the highest population, China has implemented the one-child policy for thedevelopment of their own country (Birman et al. 2014). Hence the country lacks in space when itcomes to providing shelter to the refugees. Moreover, the Chinese government also stated thatthey are aware of the increasing amount of criminal activities performed by the refugees in theEuropean countries. The increment in criminal activities and law violation will definitely imposea negative impact on the economy of the company. Moreover, on average, adeveloped countrylike Lebanon spends 119,000 dollars per asylum seeker each year, and it usually takes years tosettle one refugee (Wike, Stokes and Simmons 2016). Now as we know that no financialparticipation is expected from the immigrants, the whole financial expense is born by the citizensof the host country. This means that host countries' taxpayers are left to paythe hefty toll. John: Well, to be practical, the fact, you just stated cannot be ignored. However, I can point out apositive impact of offering residence to refugees on the economy of a developed nation.According to a national survey, the majority of the developed country are suffering from theageing population (Carpio and Wagner 2015). Jerry: Well, how is this fact related to benefits of incorporating immigrant in a developedcountry?
3INTERNATIONAL ETHICSJohn: Aging population automatically reduces the work efficiency of a population. As a result ofthis, the overall productivity of the country decreases which in turn results in a decrement in theoverall revenue of the country. This issue can be easily solved by providing shelter to therefugees. Immigrants usually start with low skilled jobs in the host country due to the languagebarrier. However, once settled down, they moved to more advanced positions. Moreover, sincethe immigrants provide effort at a lower salary compared to the employees of the host country,organizations are able to both enhance their overall revenue and decrease their organizationalcosts. Thus the overall revenue of the country gets increased (Tumen 2016). One of the mostcommon examples of Immigrant dependant country is Germany. Currently, the mentioned nationis facing issues due to serious demographical issues due to shrinking and ageing population. Thecountry now depends on immigrants when it comes to filling the working-age population as wellas stabilizing the state pension system as more Germans retire.Jerry: I can’t completely agree with your thoughts, John. When we are talking employment ofrefugees in the host countries, we cannot ignore the fact that several countries like Lebanonsuffers from unemployment issues due to the high recruitment of refugees in companies of thehost countries. As you mentioned, immigrants offer to provide effort at a lower salary comparedto the locals, organizations tend to prefer immigrants over locals for job roles considering thecost and efficiency. This, in turn, enhances the unemployment rate in the host countries(Burchardi and Hassan 2013). Higher the unemployment, higher will be the economic crisis,right? John: Well, the fact you stated is right, but, several countries of Europe including Germanybelieves that immigrants are not burdensas they play a crucial role in creating new jobs.Studieshave shown, the majority of immigrants, instead of waiting for a job, tends to open small
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