Migrants

By Devans16

  • There's only one way to stop the Mediterranean migrant crisis

    There's only one way to stop the Mediterranean migrant crisis
    descritpion: This week’s EU heads of government summit to discuss the plight of migrants in the Mediterranean needs to adopt a hard-headed and pragmatic approach to a dreadful problem to which finger-pointing and hand-wringing are not the answers. The temptation to accede to demands from human rights groups for a legitimate route into Europe for the tide of humanity gathering on the North African shore needs to be resisted

  • The Death Toll Of Migrants Crossing The Mediterranean Sea Has Skyrocketed In 2015

    The Death Toll Of Migrants Crossing The Mediterranean Sea Has Skyrocketed In 2015
    Description: More than 2,000 migrants have died crossing the Mediterranean Sea trying to reach Europe this year, the International Organization for Migration reported just a day before an overcrowded fishing boat carrying at least 600 migrants capsized off Zuwara, Libya.
    Importance: the article states “We have seen a constant and intense flux of arrivals, and many unaccompanied children, but the real problem is the number of dead. It is much higher than years past,”

  • Refugees of the Syrian Civil War

    Refugees of the Syrian Civil War
    description: More than four million refugees of the Syrian Civil War have left the country during the course of the war.turkey has become the world's biggest refugee hosting country with 2.2 million Syrian refugees and had spent more than US$7.6 billion on direct assistance to refugees.

  • Syrian refugees in America: separating fact from fiction in the debate

    Syrian refugees in America: separating fact from fiction in the debate
    descritpion: Congressional Republicans voted on Thursday to make it more difficult for refugees from Syria and Iraq to come to the US as the fallout from last Friday’s Isis terrorist attacks in Paris continues.
    Importance: this is good and bad becasue it can prevent a potential terrorist attack but also leaving people without a home is terrible.

  • Denmark plan to seize migrants' assets draws protests

    Denmark plan to seize migrants' assets draws protests
    description: A Danish government proposal to seize assets of asylum-seekers to make them pay for their keep has drawn sharp criticism in international media.By them siezeing the migrants it helps them keep them out.