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JOURNAL OF YOUTH RESEARCHES
The Impact of War and Conflict in Worsening the Problems of Middle Eastern Youngsters: A Proposal for Future Social Policies
because there are no effective and efficient refugee protection policies. Since the asy-
lum of hundreds and thousands of young people and millions of people to other count-
ries happens to be a big burden on resources, a challenge emerged in the political, so-
cial and economic sectors that are widely debated recently. Therefore, problems in the
unemployment, education and health welcome young refugees in many host countries.
The cultural and linguistic differences and different lifestyles impact on the adaptation
to social life in the host countries, as well. As the Middle Eastern youngsters are facing
problems in host countries, they at the same time cause an increase in the number of
social and economic problems in those countries.
The nature of the war, ongoing conflicts, increasing radicalism and terrorist organizati-
ons and groups in the region make youngsters in general open to discrimination and vi-
ctims of racism. Certificates and Diplomas received by Middle Eastern youngsters from
their various countries are mostly disregarded in countries where they seek for refuge.
In a study related to discrimination in the areas of racism and harassment in America,
International students from Middle East, Africa and Asia are seen to suffer various kinds
of discriminations. It found out that racial discrimination faced by these students are on
the basis of national origin or religion as it showed Muslim students exposed specifical-
ly to harassment and racism after September 11 attacks (Sutton, 2002, pp. 1-7). After
these attacks Middle Eastern students are exposed to racial discrimination and renun-
ciation to the extent of usage of abusive statements such as “Damn terrorists go back
to you country” (Poyrazli & Grahame, 2007, pp. 263-280). In a research conducted on
international students in the United States found that Middle Eastern students are more
exposed to racial discrimination by local students (Hanassab, 2006, pp. 157-172). In a
study conducted by Snoubar (2015) about the problems of international students in Tur-
key revealed that Middle Eastern students are more exposed to racial discrimination on
the basis of the country of origin and so. This discrimination primarily come from friends.
On this basis, it can be argued that wars and conflicts in the region have exposed Midd-
le East youngsters to suffer psychological, social, health, economic, political problems
and racism and discrimination at the local and the international level. Thus the Middle
East youngsters’ crisis requires the development of applicable social policies in the long
term. International cooperation for the protection of refugees in the host countries is
also necessary. However, it is not difficult to constantly predict crisis and increases in
this worse situation.
Reviewed Management Perspectives
War has always succeeded in making it difficult for the victims to make an informed de-
cision about their subsequent steps in life. Youngsters, as a major section of war victims
end up fleeing their area and or dying in the process.
