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The Migration Of The European Union

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The current issue I will be covering within this paper will be the ongoing migration of individuals from northern African states, such as Syria and Libya, into Europe and states contained within the European Union as a result of furthering IS advancement in the region. The displacement of these individuals or migrants form their home lands not only causes severe socioeconomic strains on the nations of Syria and Libya on top of the current political conflict, but it also afflicts the resources and politics of the nations these individuals migrate to in order to escape the current conflict. There really is not limit to the amount of actors involved within, what now is a global issue. Relevant actors range from the European Union Commission …show more content…

President of the European Council, Donald Tusk addressed the European Parliament during a March European Council meeting that “it would not be possible to apply the same approach used for the Balkans to unstable Libya” . The approach being to cut off certain parts of the borders between the sea and other European nations in order to more accurately process migrants to ensure safety and stability for the people not only in the European Union, but for the whole of Europe. Tusk and other European PM’s have been under fire by some of international community and some other European nations whilst reaching a deal between the EU and Turkey in response to the sizable amount of refugees crossing the Mediterranean Sea between Turkey and Greece, which has been coined at the most dangerous route, taking countless number of refugee lives. The alternative route include passage through various EU nations, leaving the possibility to lose track of migrants, not only providing false data in terms of logistics of migrants traveling to and from their country of origin, but also contributing to an uneven allocation of resources for the nation where these individuals end up, potentially causing a shortage of assets to appropriately manage the amount of refugees

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