The refugee crisis is paramount and has reached a pandemic scale. Each being that has access to rampant internet media has seen the devastation of the cataclysm, heart-breaking occurrence. In addition, we ponder with the phenomenal implications and ask could this migration be prevented – thus in the future can it be pre-empted. The answer, sadly, is yes. 66 million displaced refugees, 46 thousand adding to that number each day. Yet we haven’t restrained this crisis. Today with technological innovation is at its maximum, we should be able to predict and aid the unfortunate mass that has been created within surrounding areas of this worldwide devastation. New agile technology is now available, and together it must be conquered and implemented to help these displaced families that struggle.
So what do we know? Since the refugee crisis hit fever pitch in Europe, we have been aided with statistics for the past 4-5 weeks on the tribulation. As conflicts erupts, as oppressive conditions mounts, in addition, a civilian mass flee as millions look to find shelter in unwelcomed cities and towns. Whereas this is fuelled by the war in Syria, as the refugees migrate to European lines to flee from violence, persecution and disparity. We realise as part of the western brigade that homeless kids will be without food, shelter and education. We haven’t provided them with resources. Imagine if technology and policy were two disobedient minors, and policy asking the looming question ‘why haven’t you done more’ and ‘why aren’t you correcting my policy with your technology’. Innovation is present at a mass scale but there is ‘no precedent for creativity’. Today we wake up to a abundance of families that struggle inevitably and yet we are persistent with this huge disparity between rich and poor, this refugee crisis is real and its importance is on par with global warming. Innovation has adapted our lives in every aspect but substantially, it hasn’t served us for dealing with this mass immigration. This crisis has been beneath us for decades now and it’s starting to devour our species. The epidemic doesn’t just happen overnight; such as global warming, it was predicted but our race struggle to prevent it despite the huge advances which allow us to do otherwise. This circumstance can be analysed by predictive models, and intercept this humanitarian influx of the horror we witness.
Rana Novack is a Syrian American advocate for refugee crises’. He speaks about this predictive analytics. This is the ability to predict data from meaningful, current information and help us envision future outcomes; a forecast of our destiny let’s say. This principle should allow assessment and include innovation to recover conflict. Such alterations could respond better to such humane devastation. Efficiency in organisations that levy to help the ones in need could implement this model – allowing credentials of major magnitude tools and resources to rise with aspirations to help reinforce migration becoming real. While we ponder on the current situation we must shift towards a better distribution of humanitarian emergency. Innovation must influence policy with the capabilities of a ubiquitous migration reversal.
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