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Immigration Crisis Research Paper

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For my course project I wrote about the current immigration crisis in Europe, specifically health concerns in the group related to communicable diseases. Some refugees come into Europe already infected with diseases. Greece had a resurgence of malaria “that was directly linked to an influx of migrants from Pakistan,” and several other countries are at high risk (Migration and Health). Two other diseases— leishmaniasis and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)— also carry the potential to be brought in by immigrants. This is a concern to U.S. national security because the immigrants we accept into the U.S. may be at risk of carrying these diseases. Additionally, even if we effectively care for and treat all infected immigrants …show more content…

The first is the lack of information available. Refugee community are often times unwelcoming to outsiders, viewing them as a threat, potentially leading to their deportation. Doctors in particular can be a cause of concerns for refugees. Historically, many countries would deny immigrants entry if they presented any symptoms of disease. This makes it difficult for anyone to gather information on what diseases are affecting the population, and even harder to treat. The second problem is information sharing. Luckily, there are mandates that require certain health information to be shared if so much as one case of certain diseases are present in the area. However, the list of diseases that are required to be documented is short. If most diseases encountered could be tracked, it would make studying the epidemiology and would make preemptive action in preventing diseases …show more content…

I made all of my slides and reported on all of them. In addition to that, I did the conclusion of our report. Mark did the overview. Mark and I both volunteered for the extra roles. I don’t want to give the impression that no one else was willing; we simply volunteered first. Our group was very good overall. We started early, mostly individually. I think most people, myself included, made the slides on their own computers then transferred the information over to the google doc the day before the presentation. It worked out very nicely. There were minor issues with disagreements on formatting, where the person who had issues with our bright pink background did not check with the group before changing the entire layout the night before the presentation. But we changed it back, and it was no big deal. We tried our best to organize the flow of information from broad to narrow, but it was difficult because we all had such widely different topics. In the end, however, I felt the presentation flowed well. This group of people was really fun to work

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