Safety is a priceless commodity. Nevertheless, Syrian migrants paying an average of 2500 euro ($2840) to be smuggled into European nations would argue otherwise. The Syrian refugee crisis continues to be an international issue as the United States and other non-European nations begin to extend asylum offers to refugees, while European nations hope the 230 million euros they have invested in researching methods to hinder illegal immigration will prove successful in combatting refugees looking to immigrate illegally. Meanwhile, they will also search for methods to aid refugee programs in handling the massive influx of asylum seeking refugees pouring through the borders in nations such as Germany, a recipient of nearly 109,000 asylum applications
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Nevertheless, 10,000 euros is more than double the average yearly salary of a pre-conflict Syrian, and this option is the route less travelled. The intricacy of the operation and probability of success is higher, however. Prospective migrants must afford a hotel room near an airport where they will wait for an opportune time to board a flight, after crawling through underground tunnels to get into Turkey. The cost of losing is much higher, but the smugglers will ensure through bribery and forgery the safety of the …show more content…
What has led to the exorbitant death toll of migrants being discovered each week? As smugglers grow in business, their costs entail a variety of things. An individual being smuggled from one country to another must have proper clothes, documentation of citizenship to either the destination country or another EU nation, transportation costs, and possibly, comfort costs such as food and water. Traffickers, additionally, often have to bribe a number of people to make their operation work. This bribery understandably becomes more complex as the investment grows larger. A 10,000 euro flight from Turkey will involve bribing entire airline crews and a pilot, while refugees paying 700 euro to be smuggled by boat or bus can involve bribing as little as one driver and a few border patrol
Nevertheless, 10,000 euros is more than double the average yearly salary of a pre-conflict Syrian, and this option is the route less travelled. The intricacy of the operation and probability of success is higher, however. Prospective migrants must afford a hotel room near an airport where they will wait for an opportune time to board a flight, after crawling through underground tunnels to get into Turkey. The cost of losing is much higher, but the smugglers will ensure through bribery and forgery the safety of the …show more content…
What has led to the exorbitant death toll of migrants being discovered each week? As smugglers grow in business, their costs entail a variety of things. An individual being smuggled from one country to another must have proper clothes, documentation of citizenship to either the destination country or another EU nation, transportation costs, and possibly, comfort costs such as food and water. Traffickers, additionally, often have to bribe a number of people to make their operation work. This bribery understandably becomes more complex as the investment grows larger. A 10,000 euro flight from Turkey will involve bribing entire airline crews and a pilot, while refugees paying 700 euro to be smuggled by boat or bus can involve bribing as little as one driver and a few border patrol