Refugees: debunking the myths of the European Refugee Crisis.
In 2015 Europe received as many as 1 Million refugees escaped war-torn nations by sea to reach Europe and this is only those that came across the Mediterranean Sea. Germany took in 1.1 million refugees in 2015, in one year Germanys population increased my 1.1 million people. This means millions more people in need of a home, food, water and access to their basic rights. This means that European countries are trying to accommodate for a sudden influx of Millions of people. Whilst these statistics are vital in understanding the enormity of the situation they cannot be seen purely as statistics. It is undeniable, there is a refugee crisis. There are so many arguments on both sides of the debate however many of these are also myths. This blog post is going to take some of those misconceptions, break them down, showing refugees are just people, just like you and me.
Firstly, it needs to be acknowledge as to what a refugee is. A refugee, according to the UNHCR, in the most basic sense of the term is someone who is fleeing conflict or …show more content…
It makes sense more people, more job competition, more pressure on the economy, everyone suffers. However, this is not necessarily the truth. According to Euractiv the impact of accepting refugees has to be a humanitarian decision not an economic one and whilst initially it will cost to accept refugees in the long run the impact ends up being almost negligible. It also needs to be noted that many of these refugees are skilled, they are educated and they have much to offer to the European economy long term. As Marcel Fratzscher puts it, “The refugees are an investment, it is not money lost.” This is the head of German economic research I have just quoted and if he believes that these refugees are an investment I think it’s safe to say that they are not going to steal our jobs and ruin our
In 2015 Europe received as many as 1 Million refugees escaped war-torn nations by sea to reach Europe and this is only those that came across the Mediterranean Sea. Germany took in 1.1 million refugees in 2015, in one year Germanys population increased my 1.1 million people. This means millions more people in need of a home, food, water and access to their basic rights. This means that European countries are trying to accommodate for a sudden influx of Millions of people. Whilst these statistics are vital in understanding the enormity of the situation they cannot be seen purely as statistics. It is undeniable, there is a refugee crisis. There are so many arguments on both sides of the debate however many of these are also myths. This blog post is going to take some of those misconceptions, break them down, showing refugees are just people, just like you and me.
Firstly, it needs to be acknowledge as to what a refugee is. A refugee, according to the UNHCR, in the most basic sense of the term is someone who is fleeing conflict or …show more content…
It makes sense more people, more job competition, more pressure on the economy, everyone suffers. However, this is not necessarily the truth. According to Euractiv the impact of accepting refugees has to be a humanitarian decision not an economic one and whilst initially it will cost to accept refugees in the long run the impact ends up being almost negligible. It also needs to be noted that many of these refugees are skilled, they are educated and they have much to offer to the European economy long term. As Marcel Fratzscher puts it, “The refugees are an investment, it is not money lost.” This is the head of German economic research I have just quoted and if he believes that these refugees are an investment I think it’s safe to say that they are not going to steal our jobs and ruin our