A social issue that I find fascinating is the refugee crisis, not just in the Americas but additionally in Europe aswell. Fleeing one’s home in search of a better life or better opportunity elsewhere is not something knew and was and, today to a lesser extent, is still considered as one of the bravest and most heroic act one can do, especially to improve your own offspring’s life. Today we see and hear, as Americans, the migration crisis on our southern boarder every day, the inhumane treatment and the desperate acts taken by the pilgrims traveling all the way from South America. As a Pole, I additionally hear about the Syrian refugee crisis where nations are either taking refugees by the millions placing the nations into not only financial but a social crisis as well; or nations deciding to limit or even close their boarders entirely to the migrants. During today’s age where we are all already connected  through the internet, are able to see the events taking place, speak to the people experiencing these conflicts first hand, why do we speak so lowly about them, where as we speak highly of those the immigrants during the last century, especially as New Yorkers, we or the people we encounter are more likely immigrants ourselves or even first generation than not. Why does the United States want to erect a border wall on the Mexican border whereas on the Canadian border we have nothing but green grass? Why does the Italian navy intercept and turn away people barely floating upon planks of wood and dirt; and why do the Slavic nations close their borders entirely?

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