A simple "This is the situation and what are our options for solutions?" approach works best.
Situation: Refugees in danger from war zones.
Solutions:
I heard about the safe zone option yesterday. It's similar to some efforts that have been used in the past. The huge plus is that culture shock for the refugees is avoided or minimized, their language is retained as well as cultural traditions. The safe zones also became the nuclei for rebuilding communities.temporal1 wrote: after the honeymoon period, this might cause these folks to have serious family problems in future, as families divide over what to accept and not accept. such problems are rampant here! if gov subsidies are accepted, compliance with gov mandates will be enforced.
i agree with Robert that immigration may not be the best way to aid.
it doesn't make sense that there is not more than one way to respond, and there may be better ways.
Robert shared an example of how trump is (already) working on supporting safe zones in cooperation with other countries.
One example: Britain during WWII used the "safe zone" approach. When the Nazis were bombing their major cities, they moved as many families as they could to the rural towns and areas where they were guests of families. It allowed these families to regain a bit of normalcy without having the added stress of learning a new language or new customs or laws.
Even though Americans (both Canada and USA) share a similar language the culture is very different from Britain. The culture shock of moving to our nation created some real problems for those very attached to their land, their cultural traditions and the cemeteries of ancestors, etc. it was another added stressor.
Working with other nations in the area seems to be the best first approach and it takes an excellent negotiator to set a cooperative solution in motion.