Europe Struggles to House One
Million Migrants During Winter, by Sean Gibbons, 11/10/15
A recent survey
sheds light on exactly why Syrians are leaving their country of origin. Despite
the ruthlessness of ISIS, over 70% percent of migrants report fleeing in order
to escape Syrian President Assad. According to The Syrian Observatory for
Human Rights, President Assad’s regime has killed over 250,000 citizens with
indiscriminate barrel bomb assaults.
With no end to
the conflict in sight, the European Union is expecting the number of migrants
to continue to surge. Currently housing over 770,000 migrants, the flagging
European Union is facing the harsh reality of an impending Winter season.
As many of the migrant camps are open air tent communities, greater accommodations
will be required to avoid people freezing to death.
"We want
to keep up the pressure to ensure that the things which have been decided
really happen," German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said in
Brussels. "We are simply too slow in the face of the still constant
refugee numbers."
In desperation,
the Germans have begun packing migrants into sports halls, youth hostels and
empty office buildings. According to Herbert Hessler, a doctor at the medical
practice in one such facility, two-thirds of refugees there have caught a cold.
Fears of rioting due to closed quarters, sickness and food shortages are had by
many who oppose the open-door policies established by Germany.
The end of the
crisis in the Middle East is far from near, and massive migration will continue
to challenge the already struggling European Union. With the German birthrate
lower than the German mortality rate, the country could soon become the first
majority Muslim country in Europe.
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