Essay On European Refugee Crisis

The European refugee crisis is the first migration crisis of the 21st century. One of the primary causes why Europe is dealing with a staggering influx of migrants is due to the increase of violence in the refugee’s countries. Ever since the division of the Ottoman Empire, conflicts in the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa have become common. A certain hatred and rivalry lives and thrives in this region of the world and can clearly be felt throughout the differences among their populations and religions. Waves of violence have been setting off for decades in these regions, but the last five years have intensified when compared to previous years. The biggest setoffs of violence in this global region took place in 2011 during the Arab Spring. The …show more content…
Every day, hundreds of refugees embark themselves on rafts in order to attempt to cross the Mediterranean to make it to European soil. Unfortunately, a vast number of them end up either drowning or going missing. As bodies of these refugees began to wash upon the European coastlines, photographs started to be displayed online and in newspapers. These pictures, which included children, were so horrific that Europeans felt compassion for these refugees and certain governments decided to increase their original quotas for them. Unfortunately, with more refugees also comes more responsibilities. When refugees decide to flee their home country, they are forced to leave everything behind. This includes family, friends, belonging, and personal documents. Without any documents, there is no way of truly knowing a person’s identity. This is a sensitive dilemma for governments due to the fact that they do not know who they are actually welcoming into their country. This became an important subject proceeding the attacks in France and Brussels since the attackers had entered the country posing as refugees using fake