Migrant Crisis in EU and Suggestions Group6 Day3

What is the difference between a refugee and a migrant? Migrants Refugees Migration is a fundamental part of human life. A migrant is a person who makes a conscious choice to leave their country to seek a better life elsewhere. Before they decide to leave their country, migrants can seek information about their new home, study the language and explore employment opportunities. They are free to return home at any time if things don’t work out as they had hoped, if they get homesick or if they wish to visit family members and friends left behind. Refugees are forced to leave their country because they are at risk of, or have experienced persecution. The concerns of refugees are human rights and safety, not economic advantage. They leave behind their homes, most or all of their belongings, family members and friends. Some are forced to flee with no warning and many have experienced significant trauma or been tortured or otherwise ill-treated. 

Which countries are migrants from? conflict in Syria  ongoing violence in Afghanistan and Iraq abuses in Eritrea poverty in Kosovo

Where are migrants going? Germany received the highest number of new asylum applications in 2015, with more than 476,000. Hungary moved into second place-- 177,130 applications.

How do migrants get to Europe? According to International organization more than 1,011,700 migrants arrived by sea in 2015 almost 34,900 by land But, there are still a lot of people not be accounted.

How dangerous is the journey? more than 3,770 migrants were reported to have died trying to cross the Mediterranean in 2015 Most died on the crossing from north Africa to Italy, and more than 800 died in the Aegean crossing from Turkey to Greece. When the weather gets better most fatalities occur as it is the busiest time for migrants attempting to reach Europe.

How desperate refugees want to survive ?

Solution Suggestions Establish a basic standard for asylum procedure across Europe the asylum system in every EU state operates to the same high standards, gives refugees the same level of benefits and grants the same length of residency.  But such a move would be resisted by most European countries as many politicians believe it would cost them political capital at home.

End the war, repression and extremism to create stable environment

 End the war in Syria Many Syrians say they would never have left home in the first place if it hadn’t been for the war. So peace in Syria would be the surest way of curbing the number of Syrian refugees. End repression and extremism in Eritrea and Afghanistan Eritrea and Afghanistan are two of the other main sources of the migration crisis. While the former is locked in a North Korea-style dictatorship and the latter faces a resurgent Taliban and an emergent Isis, they are likely to keep producing migrants.

Give Migrants employment rights The migrants want nothing more than to work and to live in peace. If the countries give migrants more of a long-term future, most of them might be persuaded to stay there and contribute to the countries’ development.

Persuade Gulf countries to take in more Syrians Most Arab countries don’t allow entry to Syrians. Some of them have reasonable excuses – Lebanon’s refugee population is already a quarter of the country’s total. But the Gulf countries – Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait and Qatar – have less justification, not least because their support for various sides in the Syrian war is one of the reasons the conflict has lasted so long.

Provide economic alternatives in smuggling communities What this suggests is that greater economic investment in smuggling communities, which would provide local people with an alternative to the smuggling trade, might be the best long-term policy.

Conclusion Since the start of the migrants crisis, we have argued that Europe should welcome persecuted people and carefully manage their entry into European society. On the other hand, there are many facts we need to consider such as economic issues, terrorism, social cost, increase of crime, etc.