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The European Refugee Crisis : The Struggles Of Survival And Acceptance

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The European Refugee Crisis: The Struggles of Survival and Acceptance in a New Land
The European refugee crisis is a current event that is incredibly important and has only recently received the media coverage it deserves. This is a topic that I knew of but did not know much about before taking this class. After doing several readings, I am very interested in learning more about this very significant event that is currently happening in Europe right now. In the following paragraphs, I will discuss and analyze the terms “migrant” and “refugee” and what they really mean, how the presence of borders or lack thereof especially in the Schengen zone affects the journeys of migrants and refugees, and various articles that support this. Over the past year, there has been a controversy on how many refugees should be allowed across European borders. According to an article on BBC, over one million people have crossed Europe’s borders trying to claim asylum and refugee status since December 2015. Over 50,000 have crossed over since the beginning of the year in January and the numbers show no signs of slowing down. Issues have risen in the European Union (EU) due to counties such as Greece, Hungary, and Italy where refugees are arriving in large numbers by boat. Members of the EU are negotiating to try to make refugee distribution more equal amongst the countries. Already, they have agreed to take in 20,000 Syrian refugees over the next two decades. In some areas, it is more dangerous

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