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Refugee Nation: A Radical Solution to the Global Refugee Crisis
Refugee Nation: A Radical Solution to the Global Refugee Crisis
Refugee Nation: A Radical Solution to the Global Refugee Crisis
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Refugee Nation: A Radical Solution to the Global Refugee Crisis

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Only 5% of the 60 million refugees and displaced people around the world find a permanent home each year. Once someone is forced to leave their home, they are 50 times more likely to be trafficked, sexually assaulted, or die than settle in a safe and sustainable place. Despite the ever increasing humanitarian efforts to address their needs, the status quo is no longer acceptable. We propose a bold and radical solution - for the 60 million stateless people around the world, a state of their own.

“People think that humanitarians can clean up the mess. It's no longer possible. We have no capacities to pick up the pieces.” Antonio Guterres, UN High Commission for Refugees

LanguageEnglish
PublisherJason Buzi
Release dateJun 25, 2015
ISBN9781311815651
Refugee Nation: A Radical Solution to the Global Refugee Crisis
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Jason Buzi

I was born in Israel, a country that was established as a homeland for Jews, many of them refugees. Over the last century, many Jews had been forced from their homelands, persecuted, and killed as members of an ethnic and religious minority. Israel was essentially founded as a refugee nation, exclusively for Jewish refugees. The Jewish people came together, and despite enormous obstacles formed a Jewish nation. I hope the world will now come together to form a nation for all refugees regardless of race, religion, or nationality. I grew up in the United States, which has been home to refugees and asylum seekers since before its independence. I was surrounded by people of all nationalities and backgrounds. These two homelands have shaped my identity and worldview. Flawed as they are, each attracted idealists and dreamers. My successful career in real estate has enabled me to live the American Dream. I have traveled to over 70 countries, along the way teaching English in Taiwan, mixing drinks in Finland, sponsoring an orphanage in Nepal, setting up a new library in Ghana, and volunteering at a school in Poland. My world travels and experiences have informed and shaped me. Last year, in a desire to give back, I started a scavenger hunt called "Hidden Cash". What started as a fun little local activity soon became an internet sensation, and briefly put me in the media spotlight. It was a fun experience in some ways, but I do value my privacy, and am not seeking attention. But this idea, which I have had for many years, seems to become more urgent with every passing day. As the number of refugees continues to increase to record levels. As we watch news reports about more boats capsizing in the Mediterranean, with hundreds drowning at a time, or asylum seekers starving to death in Southeast Asia, refused admission by multiple countries. As we read about millions driven from their homes. Whatever the timing for me personally, how can I not act? How can WE not act? Is it not our civic duty? This proposal should be discussed on its own merits. If people don't like me, or my background, it shouldn't matter. The idea is what matters. We are planning to have hundreds, perhaps thousands, of ambassadors spreading the word. We hope you will be one of them. They say there is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come. We feel that this is overdue, and that the status quo – millions suffering needlessly – is no longer acceptable. No one in the 21st century should be homeless and stateless.

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    Refugee Nation - Jason Buzi

    REFUGEE NATION

    A Radical Solution to the World's Refugee Crisis

    By Jason Buzi

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    Copyright 2015 Jason Buzi

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    There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come – Victor Hugo

    Crisis and Solution

    The world’s population has never been wealthier, healthier or more connected. Yet the number of people displaced has never been higher – David Miliband, former UK foreign minister and President of International Rescue Committee

    There is a humanitarian crisis taking place in nearly every corner of the world. This crisis has been growing for many years, and finding a viable solution has never been more urgent.

    It isn't climate change, or other well-publicized crises. This crisis doesn't get the attention and response it deserves because it primarily affects the world's most powerless, needy and vulnerable people.

    If you knew that millions of people suffer day in and day out, and that it is in your power to save and change their lives, would you make a small effort on their behalf?

    Millions of victims of this manmade crisis are left to face the lethal consequences of full scale wars, armed conflicts, and ethnic cleansing.

    News reports tell us about the hundreds of thousands of people forced to flee their homes due to conflict, or the thousands who drown at sea while

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