Syrian Refugee Crisis and its Socio-Economic Impact to Host countries; Special Reference to Germany & Turkey

Abstract

Syrian civil conflict and Syrian refugee crisis is an active issue in the current world Syrian refugee crisis affected other countries in to a complex international problem. It has culminated in to a major issue in its neighboring countries and host countries. Syrian refugees fled to other countries because of the internal conflict of Syria, political instability, extremists’ activities, ethnic and religious problems and arm conflicts. They influx in Europe countries like Germany, The United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, France and neighboring countries like Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq to seeking their protection and security. Germany and Turkey have been the target countries for flows of many refugees from Syria. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) highlighted that, Germany and Turkey were the countries within highest number of Syrian refugees in world. The Syrian refugees who lives in host countries are affected by the host countries culture, economy, society and the internal security policies. The outcome of this influence may be negative or positive for the host countries, especially since the refugees have arrived in Germany and Turkey there have been many challengers and differences in the economic and social sectors in this country. The major objective of this study is identifying the Syrian civil conflict and refugee crisis; identifying the host countries response about Syrian refugee crisis; identifying the major socio-economic impact to host countries (Germany, Turkey) and ways of minimizing refugee negative impact to their society and economy. The content analysis method is used to achieve the research objectives through the publication and previously conducted researches. The Syrian civil war shows no signs of ending, due to the influx of Syrian refugees to host countries continuing daily. However, the Europe Union have not established a common ground on how to response to Syrian refugee crisis under this situation the socio-economic effect of refugees to the host countries have increased