IELTS Essay 1153 - The growing number of refugees

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IELTS Writing Task 2/ IELTS Essay:

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Write about the following topic:

One of the major problems facing the world today is the growing number of refugees. The developed nations in the world should tackle this problem by taking more refugees. 

To what extent do you agree with this opinion?

You should write at least 250 words.

Sample Answer: (Disagreement)
The recent political unrest, war and the rise of a few terrorist groups have made many people become refugees and this is a global problem. As an immediate solution, many express their view that rich countries should allow more evacuees to enter their border to reduce the severity of this crisis. However, accepting a higher number of migrants by the developed countries is not a viable solution to this refugee crisis, in my opinion.

To begin with, worldwide refugees and their constant sufferings are often reported on TV. It might seem that industrialised countries can easily solve this emergency and miseries by allowing more refugees to enter their countries. In reality, this is certainly not an easy solution. If we only look at the few recent catastrophic events that the migrant refugees have caused, it would become clear why the governments in developed countries are unwavering to accept more people to their countries. Besides, historically, it is evident that only granting more refugees in other countries does not solve the problem, in some cases, it deteriorates it.

It is true that, due to humanitarian reasons, some developed countries should help destitute and needy people. This is partly a moral issue and partly because it is in the self-economic interest of the industrialised countries. Considering this, a practical way of reducing the severity of this crisis would be to accept more refugees, particularly when it is caused by a natural disaster and civil war.

But, from a more practical point of view, mass immigrations would bring more negative effects. Solving the root cause of the outbreaks of refugees is a far better way than allowing them freely migrate to developed countries. On a practical level, homeless refugees are sometimes better off receiving aid in their homeland than suffering racism and begging on the streets in a country where they cannot speak the language.

To conclude, rich countries should take refugees but only in extreme cases and should focus on solving the primary reason behind the refugee issue. Sometimes funds and aids for refugees in their local area are far more beneficial than accepting them as migrants and finally forcing them to beg on the street.

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Dayal Ghosh
It is a well-written essay.
Gülsen Kilinç
Nowadays more and more people have been forced to move from their country because of a lot of problems. This global problem can only be solved by developed countries by opening their doors to the refugees. I will support this view with arguments and my reasons will be explained in the following paragraphs.

It is crystal clear that people from all over the world have been struggling with so many problems from starvation, economic problems, wars, ethnic conflicts, political issues, global crises and so on. In many such countries, including middle eastern countries and Ukraine, children, men, women and older people are victims of brutal wars. Therefore these vulnerable people have to go to another country where they can live safely. Though it is true that refugees are a huge problem in many countries, this problem needs to be solved. The developed countries have considerable responsibility for solving problems. In my opinion, economically developed countries should open their borders and split more shares economically to shelters, nutrition, clothing for refugees.

Some people believe that refugees can deteriorate their cultural forms and can not adopt the host country's rules and responsibilitie s. To cope with these compliance problems, rich nations need to employ more social workers and arrange programmes of adapting for newcomers. Especially for language problems, second language courses should be organized from kids to elders.

It should not be forgotten that moving to different countries from the mother country is not a decision made by refugees, in fact, they are forced to do so. Developed countries and their inhabitants must behave in empathy.