Legal Status of Syrian Refugees in the Host Countries

Abstract

Since 2011, the ongoing conflict in Syria has been the source of the displacement of millions of Syrian civilians internally and to neighbouring countries escaping the ongoing hostilities in Syria and human rights violations by some parties involved in the Syrian-Syrian conflict, according to the United Nations which classified the conflict and refugee waves in Syria as one of the worst conflicts and refugee movements in the twenty-first century, due to a large number of victims and refugees who crossed the borders to neighbouring and European countries, especially in 2015.Some countries adhered to their moral and legal principles to protect refugees like Turkey, and some Arab countries, such as Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, and others, hosted refugees due to their geographical location close to the Syrian border. Some European countries also hosted refugees who were able to risk their lives at sea to reach to these countries. This paper explains the international legal system for the protection of refugees. This paper also examined the Syrian crisis, the waves of refugees, and their legal status in each host country mentioned previously.