"60 million refugees: a crisis that has outgrown its 65 year old solution" Op Ed Analysis

In the article "60 million refugees: a crisis that has outgrown its 65 year old solution" written by Prince El Hassan bin Talal the problems with the legal international framework designed to deal with refugees are outlined and solutions are elaborated on. The article describes how out of date the policy's established in the 1951 refugees convention are and how countries have very little to benefit from refugees. Several answers are advocated by the author such as: short term migration, safe havens, and localized regulatory arrangements.

El Hassan argues that the policies established at the 1951 refugees convention are no longer suitable for the refugee crisis of today. Too many problems are entailed such as how refugees are properly defined and the incentives provided for host nations; it is further elaborated on that if such countries do not receive ideal incentive that they a way to circumvent their duties like Australia that wants to process migrants off shore "essentially outsourcing it's convention obligations". Hassan uses these problems to strengthen his argument that current legal framework is just not enough, but to further develop his argument he retorts several ways to resolve the issue in ways that are good for refugees and host countries. Most importantly he advocates the benefits of short term migration, in such as scnerio the refugees would enter a host country with the full intention of returning home once the crisis is over, but while they are in the host country they would "absorb civic and institutional norms" and bring them to their countries. In this way El Hassan resolves issues for both parties, and drives his point that there are other options available. After describing several answers El Hassan ends his article with a strong emotion driven call to action based on the ideas of "human dignity, the right to live with freedom and without fear, and empathy for humankind" this solidifies his article his stance as not only humanitarian but also sound and sensible.