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The 2015 European migrant crisis was a period of significantly increased movement of refugees and migrants into Europe, namely from the Middle East.An estimated 1.3 million people came to the continent to request asylum, [2] the most in a single year since World War II. [3]
Rescued male migrants are brought to southern Italian ports, 28 June 2015. Immigration to Europe has a long history, but increased substantially after World War II. Western European countries, especially, saw high growth in immigration post 1945, and many European nations today (particularly those of the EU-15) have sizeable immigrant populations, both of European and non-European origin.
Under international law, a refugee is a person who has fled their own country of nationality or habitual residence, and cannot return due to fear of persecution on account of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.
More than 100,000 refugees cross into the EU in July 2015, [219] and by September over 8,000 refugees crossed to Europe daily, with Syrians forming the largest group. [220] By 21 December 2015, an estimated 500,000 Syrian refugees have entered Europe, 80 percent arrived by sea, and most land in Greece. [221]
Syrian refugees across Europe celebrated Assad’s collapse. But an angry migration debate is brewing ... In Germany, which took in more than a million Syrian refugees after 2015, the coming weeks ...
The rate of immigration is projected to continue to increase in the coming decades, according to Sir Paul Collier, a development economist. [49] Asylum applicants in Europe. Note: Asylum applicants to Europe are first-time applicants after the removal of withdrawn applications. Sub Saharan African migrant may enter each destination by other ...
ProAsyl spokesperson Tareq Alaows told Reuters the decision could face legal challenges as authorities in Europe must decide on asylum applications within three to six months of their submission.
This series is based on research by the Overseas Development Institute, Journeys to Europe, was produced by PositiveNegatives, and was animated by The Huffington Post. Every month, thousands of Eritreans attempt to flee repression, torture and indefinite forced conscriptions by embarking on a dangerous journey to Europe.