U.N. view on the European migrant crisis? There isn't one
GENEVA (Reuters) - The European Union is not in the throes of a migration crisis, despite a “toxic narrative” and political spin, U.N. migration experts said on Friday.
Disputes over immigration have divided the European Union, with splits between and within governments about who should take responsibility for migrants crossing the Mediterranean. The issue threatened to bring down German Chancellor Angela Merkel and was a major factor in Britain’s vote to leave the EU.
“We consider it a political crisis, not a migrant crisis. The numbers are not that significant,” said Leonard Doyle, spokesman for the U.N. International Organization for Migration.
“We are concerned that the toxic narrative against migrants, to put it bluntly, be diminished, and people see migration for what it is. It’s a necessary part of the modern world, provided it’s managed. The issue is that people’s perception is that it’s out of control,” he said.
The numbers of people risking the journey across the sea peaked in 2015, but have fallen sharply in each subsequent year. In the first half of 2018, 46,449 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea, according to the IOM.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-un/u-n-view-on-the-european-migrant-crisis-there-isnt-one-idUSKBN1JW1Z5
it's almost as if the real problem is racism
The real problem is the problem with everything the EU does. It's called kicking the can down the road until there is no more road.
If Merkel's response to the first crisis wasn't to unilaterally declare: *throws up hands* "Wir Schaffen das!" . Hungary, Italy and others could've been persuaded to come up with a sensible EU-wide policy.
They're pretending that Orban broke ranks but it was in fact Merkel that threw out every sort of migration policy there was and replaced it with an invitation for everyone to come to Germany.
She ignored the problem when it was Greece's. When Golden Dawn literally smashed the camps and beat up the migrants it was all 'LAZY GREEKS' pulling 'TRICKS' to 'EVADE DEBT PAYMENT' according to the MSM.
There was no migrant crisis known to most of the EU, until Syriza came into the picture in Greece and threatened to open 'The flood gates' toward Europe. To which the EU response was to try and persuade Ukraine to build migrant camps and shelter them in exchange for cash. But that blew up because well, Ukraine blew up.
Also the UN looks at this purely from a 'numbers' point of view. We have daily reports of 'confused' migrants lashing out or going mental on the streets.
Not because they're bad people but because they need psychiatric help to deal with god knows what horrors they've endured. Not to mention most are stuck in Asylum centers for months or even years waiting for the government to decide what to do with them.
There's literally no plan to get any of the migrants healthcare, psychiatric help or even education, housing or jobs.
Housing prices are rising fast. In some cities 25% during the last 12 months. Not much is being built to keep prices high.
With Britain Brexiting our cities are fast filling up with highly educated expats who can afford the high-rents with well paying jobs.
And before someone plays the deportation Nazi card. There's no effort being made to bring the migrants back home. Migrants denied a legal status to stay are informed by a letter that they should go back to their country of origin on their own accord.
At which point they surprisingly decide to stay illegally.
If that's how it is in this country (which is well off and basically an example that other EU states follow in most cases), I can't imagine what a mess it must be in places like Italy.
