Contention One: Status Quo is working to solve

Ghanna Business News, 4-18-16, European Commission, 8 countries pledge $8

billion for refugee crisis, https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2016/04/18/155898/
DOA: 4-21-16

According to World Bank communications, eight countries and the

European Commission, pledged a package of more than $1 billion in
support of Syrian refugees and host communities in Jordan and Lebanon,
as well as reconstruction in the Middle East and North Africa.
Japan, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Canada,
the Netherlands, Norway, and the European Commission also pledged
contributions to the New Financing Initiative to Support the Middle East and
North Africa Region launched jointly by the World Bank Group, the United
Nations, and the Islamic Development Bank Group last October.
Officials at the meeting called for a new approach to forced displacement
and the refugee crisis that has spread from the Middle East into Europe
over the last year.
The Guardian, 4-13-16, Hosting refugees now uses 9% of foreign aid budgets,
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/apr/13/aid-budgets-hostingrefugees-oecd-figures DOA: 4-21-16

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TheGuardianonApril13in2016alsohighlightsthisbystatingThe
amountofforeignaidmoneyrichnationsspendondealingwiththe
impactoftherefugeecrisisathomehasalmostdoubledoverthepast
yearandnowaccountsfor9%ofalldevelopmentexpenditure,
accordingto thelatestofficialfigures.

Sneha Shankar, 4-21-16, IB Times, NATOs Jen Stoltenerg says number of refugees
crossing Agean Sea Feel Siginficantltly, Talks About Syrian Conflict,
http://www.ibtimes.com/natos-jens-stoltenberg-says-number-refugees-crossingaegean-sea-fell-significantly-2357195

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OnApril21of2016,theIBTimeswritesthatthenumberof
refugeesmakingtheirwayintoEuropefromTurkeyviathe
AegeanSeahasfallensignificantly,NATO'sSecretaryGeneral
JensStoltenbergstatedWednesday.NATOhasbeenpatrolling
theAegeanSeasinceFebruarytocurbhumantrafficking,which
hasreportedlyhelpedslowtheinfluxofrefugeesmakingthe
dangerouscrossing.

Turkeyisattheforefrontofaveryvolatileregion.From
terrorismandconflictintheMiddleEastandNorthAfricato
Russiasdestabilizingmilitaryactivities.Turkeyisplayinga
crucialroleintacklinghumantraffickingintheAegeanSea,
Stoltenbergsaid,atapressconferencewithTurkishForeign
AffairsMinisterMevlutCavusogluinAnkara.Headdedthat
therehasbeenverygoodcooperationbetweenNATOs
StandingMaritimeGroup,whichwasformedinFebruary,and
theTurkishcoastguardandnavy.

Contention Two: Opening the borders would drown states in

fiscal debt as large amounts of immigration had
Johnson 2007(Dean and Mabie-Apallas, Professor of Public Interest Law and
Chicana/o Studies, Opening the Floodgates, New York University Publication)

Immigration has had especially significant fiscal impacts on states in which

large numbers of immigrants live. The state and local governments in highimmigration states must bear substantial costs. Consumption of emergency
health services alone can have substantial impacts on state and local
governments.73 The state of Arizona, for example, pays more than $90 million
each year to provide emergency services to undocumented immigrants.
The state is required to provides such services by federal law but receives

only about $650,000 from the federal government to help cover the
services, a fraction of its their costs.74 A public education, which is generally paid
for by state and local governments, is also costly, even if it turns out to be a good
economic investment for the nation. The costs of providing law enforcement
protections to immigrants also can be formidable.

Contention Three: Redistributing refugees doesnt solve the

underlying problem
Jeanne Park, September 23, 2015, Council on Foreign Relations, Europes Migration
Crisis, http://www.cfr.org/migration/europes-migration-crisis/p32874 DOA: 9-25-15

Quota plans and naval operations may help EU member states better manage this
crisis, but experts caution that these proposals alone will not stem the tide of
migrants. For that, European leaders must address the root causes of migration:
helping to broker an end to Syria's civil war, restoring stability to Libya, and upping
aid to sub-Saharan Africa. Barring a political solution to these regional crises, Europe
will continue to struggle with migrant inflows.