European Migrant Crisis Flashcards
What is migration?
A permanent or semi-permanent change of residence of an individual or group of people
How many Syrian refugees?
5 million
What percentage of all refugees arriving in Europe are from Syria?
53%
Which country accepts the most refugees by capita?
Sweden
In 2015, who said they would accept 1 million migrants, and in which country?
- Angela Merkel
- Germany
What are socio-economic push factors of Syria? (4)
- Arab Spring (conflict)
- persecution
- people trafficking
- chemical weapons
What is the Arab Spring, and when?
- 2011
- civil war
- mass execution and use of chemical weapons
Socio-economic pull factors? (4)
- political stability
- friends/family already made the journey
- able to send remittance payments home
- prospect of higher living standards and opportunities
From 2014 to 2015, how many people drowned in the Mediterranean?
6000
What were lined up along the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa?
302 coffins
- all had drowned in the largest single loss of life of migrants crossing the Mediterranean
Environmental push factor of Syria?
hot, dry, desert climate
Environmental pull factor?
temperate climate of Western Europe
What is the cost to Italy of the rescue and reception of hundreds of thousands of foreigners per year?
roughly €200 million
How could the Syrian workforce help the EU?
help reduce the ageing population
