Quoting The Globe, “Canada is that increasingly rare exception – a country in which public support for immigration is strong”. Yet the newspaper goes on to say that this point of view may arise from a general understanding that distance from Syria -the troubled nation from where the refugees stem – and the Canadian points system for legal immigration may be the reasons for the rosy view among the general public.
The paper goes on to say that the European crisis is because of the large numbers of refugees that are overwhelming the local European populations; and that ‘Countries that can’t control their borders always face a backlash’.
There is a comparison with Australia, since Canada and Australia are the modern world’s most successful immigration
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European solidarity weakens further as divisions grow between countries over border control and refugee quotas. The United Nations high commissioner for refugees reported on Tuesday that about 130,000 migrants crossed the Mediterranean in the first two months of this year, more than the total in the first half of 2015. Winter and high seas have not stopped them, and when the weather gets better there are almost certainly going to be even more on the move.
The numbers involved are huge and the resistance in Europe to taking so many is serious and becoming more entrenched. The answer, on paper, is to share the burden fairly between European countries, on the one hand, and between Europe and the region from which most refugees come, on the other. The first difficulty is that the more generous countries, which also happen to be those that are the preferred migrant destinations, soon felt overwhelmed. They began to impose some controls.
The second difficulty is that European countries, and other wealthy states, have been almost criminally lackadaisical in providing the help and money they solemnly promised to countries neighboring Syria – countries that have taken far more refugees than
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Germany’s burden-sharing thesis is defective, so is the argument put forward by leaders like David Cameron who say the only real solution is to end the Syrian war.
The difficult conclusion must be that neither burden-sharing nor diplomacy will end this crisis, that migrants will continue to come in very substantial numbers, and Europe will continue to blunder along, torn between concern about their suffering and fears about a future different from the one we had until now imagined. overcrowded refugee centers and local authorities and police stretched to their
November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall falls amid the thawing of the Cold War. Consequently, an elated Europe welcomed a new ‘borderless’ continent. The Schengen agreements dissolved anachronistic boundaries that once separated nations, allowing peoples, such as the Ruthenians, to exercise a loyalty to the states within their immediate realm of influence, while simultaneously preserving their independent identities. A quarter of a century later the continent is amid a refugee crisis unseen since World War II. Detention, deportation, bureaucratic barriers, military, and satellite technologies have all been a part of the some of the most extensive and aggressive border enforcement programs in history. Endeavors that have stoked xenophobic fears and spawned grievous confrontations between some of the wealthiest nations on earth and a stateless people from the most impoverished.
Freely accepting the migrants would be a much better solution. Moreover, distribution of refugees calculated according to host country population or gross domestic product was a gross simplification and unworkable. Also, possibilities of integration of the migrants in particular countries should be taken into consideration. Equally important is the dialogue of all the 28 EU member countries concerning common solutions for asylum policy. Additionally, the
The European migrant crisis began in 2015 when there was an influx of refugees coming into the European Union through southern European countries and by way of the Mediterranean Sea. An extremely large portion of these refugees came from Syria and Iraq. One of the leading causes of the mass migration was war and unrest and the consequent rise of insurgency groups such as ISIS within these people’s home countries. As their homes and cities have become unfit to live in any longer, people have been driven to seek asylum in European countries. Greece and other southern European countries like
The current world refugee crisis is the worst since World War II with currently over 59.9 million forcibly displaced people, which equivalates to a 40% increase in 3 years. This influx of refugees can be seen as a crisis, many countries are under intense strain trying to taking in the large amounts who are fleeing from danger, with Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan and Egypt taking in 95% of fleeing Syrian refugees. Turkey taking in the most people with an estimated figure 1.9 million. However, countries in the Persian gulf, closer to Syria, have taken in no refugees. With nowhere to go, 1 in 4 refugees were forced resettle in poor countries such as Ethiopia. Europe has also been under much strain with small facilities for refugees and large numbers affecting the border states such as Italy, Greece and Bulgaria. Germany has resettled over 800 000 refugees, more than the whole of Europe in 2014.
Thousands and thousands of migrants have begun to flood into the European countries. With immigration numbers higher than ever, these countries have begun to search for solutions. Some countries have considered closing their borders , many are beginning to show violence to keep people out. As always, there is a much better solution other than using violence. The Europe Migration Policy needs to be adjusted to current needs and these countries need to work together to create better opportunities for the immigrants and refugees seeking safety.
This article explains and show the immigration crisis today in Europe and how it might still yet to get worst. In Europe as it is today, has been serving as a major ground for immigrant refugees. There is over sixty million displaced people and refugees, numbers not even heard of during the period of WW2 coming from not only seria but from other regions like Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa and even Haiti. The must striking thing about this crisis, is that it is still expected to get worst. Say if the tailaban keep trying to extend their territorial gains across Afghanistan, this will force afghans to want to migrate. Due to this attacks, about one hundred thousand afghans are expected to migrate to Europe this year. These numbers increase daily as these refugees try to escape thier home countries due to terrosm or other unpeace conditions. For example many inhaptants of Iraq are already homeless, daily amid wartime shortages of food and medicine and persistent bombardment by Isis . Yemen is not much farther away from Europe than eritia now the biggest source of African refugees, just across the Red Sea, and at some 25 million it is as. According to numerous interviews conducted, Nigeria which has a
Concern about the sudden, rash and unpredictable changes with the migrants. Shared opinion that EU was not ready and was not adequately prepared for them – the arrival of migrants in Europe should be accepted with a higher degree of tolerance.
Many refugees are seeking a safe haven in Western Europe, and even in neighbouring countries. Places such as: Turkey, Jordon, Lebanon and Iraq are only a few to name. This may be the worst refugee crisis since World War II with about 85% of resettlement spots are pledged by Germany. It has become a matter of neglect towards human beings rather than a fight for freedom rights. People prefer security over those freedom rights and rebels are continuing at the risk of
Throughout history, human beings have moved from one place to another. This movement was necessitated by natural and man-made calamities. These could have been war, draught, flooding, and even diseases. However, modern day immigration is mainly driven by economic, freedom, and safety needs. However, different parts of Canada have attracted varying numbers of immigrants due to economic, language, and existing populations of immigrants from the same countries. Nonetheless, the immigration trends to Canada keep changing due to government policies on security and humanitarian needs of the applicants. Among different provinces, Alberta continues to be a favored destination for immigrants from other countries.
In addition to the issue of national security, another factor that accounts for the controversy on the refugee crisis is the perplexing relationship between economic stability and the basic standards of humanity. Many Europeans are living under precarious conditions and thus, they lack the time and money to spare. Consequently, many Europeans think of Muslim migrants less as refugees but as “competitors with similar levels of prospects” (“Eastern Europe's Crisis of Compassion”). The concern over economic instability is also plays a role in the Turkish accession to the European Union (EU). Many Europeans are anxious about Turks immigrating to Europe in search of jobs when the unemployment rate in Europe is already so high. Moreover, Europeans
The important underlining problem is the fact that these migrants are arriving and staying in Italy and Greece. Both Italy and Greece are going through an economic crisis that cannot sustain the migrants that are landing within their borders; they are asking the European Union to give them relief, by imposing quotas to redistribute the migrants to other European nations that are a part of the migration policy. The migrant crisis also brings insecurity to nations such as Italy and Greece because of they are not prepared to deal with the amount of people entering in their borders. Not all European countries
This is an opinion article and it will be published in The New York Times. In this opinion article I will inform my audiences with the root causes of current immigrant influx in Europe. I will present them with my views in opposition of the proposed “quota plan” by European Union European Commission to resolve the migrant crises. I will highlight them the other available mechanisms to contain this issue. My audiences are those who support European Commission President Junkers’ proposed “Quota Plan” to resolve European Union current migrant influx. Their stance is that the immigrants are good for Europe’s labor force, economy and aging population. They also favor the proposal on humanitarian grounds as the story of the drowning Syrian baby made headlines. I feel the humanitarian argument has merit however, there is need to point out other important impacting factors and available mechanisms to deal with the crises. Some examples of other available mechanisms are creating legal paths, tackling migration at its source, EU agreeing on asylum rules and allocating National asylum quotas. There are many reasons why the proposed plan might not be the best solution and I will be supporting my point of view with the help of various expert briefs and articles on the issue.
If no one takes responsibility for this crisis, it will likely never truly be solved, but it is such a multi-faceted event that it is hard to know which approach would work. Some believe that “destroying the smugglers’ boats would enable EU countries to destruct the lucrative business models of the networks,” but this approach also “could result in unwanted loss of life”(Coleman 1). In the same vein, other ideas that have been discussed include sending the boats back to where they came from, boosting navy patrols, or simply allowing them to continue coming the way they have been. All of these thoughts come with their own major problems, such as “injecting [the refugees] straight back into the danger that they’ve fled,” more pirate attacks on naval patrols, or controversial facilitation plans for future migration, respectively (Coleman 2-3). But however they wish to attack the problem, we must agree that “‘this is a humanitarian emergency that involves us all and responses to it must be more holistic,’” as said by Federico Soda, of the IOM (Maguire et al). Perhaps stopping the problems at the source would be preferable, but with the instability and civil wars continuing in both Africa and the Middle East, that solution doesn’t appear to be in the near future. Therefore, this leaves the EU to sort out the dangerous transportation and humanitarian efforts for the migrants by itself, if its countries can manage to work
As Migrants are quickly flooding Europe, the world is yet to discover history’s most dangerous border crossing. On April 19, more than 600 refugees drowned in the Mediterranean when their boat capsized traveling from Africa to Italy. On April 12, about 400 people died in a different shipwreck, and currently in 2015, 1,600 migrants have lost their lives in attempt to cross the Mediterranean, and experts fear that the number of deaths will only increase as time continues. EU member states have received 216,300 applications asking for safety within a country from mistreated men, women, and families. A large number of these people are fleeing from Syria, which is currently in a civil war, Eritrea, which is harshly ruled by one person, and Mali, currently fighting a civil war as well.
The Syrian refugee crisis has received massive media coverage. People around the world are trying to comprehend the desperate, complicated situation surrounding Syria. The civil war in Syria is the worst crisis in our time. Syrians upset at the fact that long promised reforms have not been enacted, began anti-government demonstrations which started the civil war in 2011. The peaceful protests turned ugly, with the government violently putting an end to those protests. Afterward, ordinary citizens took arms, causing the situation to escalate. Syrians are fleeing their homes because of the great violence, which have left thousands dead and millions wounded, a collapsed infrastructure, resulting in a shattered economy, and for the safety of the children. Syrians are either streaming to surrounding countries or risking their lives to travel to Europe.