Lack of
Jobs in Africa Could Spark Massive Migration to Europe, by Chris Tomlinson,
1/15/17, Breitbart
The economies of the developing world cannot keep pace with an increase in population, meaning millions of people from Africa will likely migrate to Europe, a new report has found.
The report, from the
Geneva-based International Labour Organisation (ILO),
states that the economies of developing nations in Arica, Asia, and South
America cannot keep pace with the number of young people entering the
workforce. The result, especially in Africa, will mean that many are ready to
migrate and look for jobs elsewhere – and their main target will likely be
Europe Die
Welt reports.
Economists
expect that the number of unemployed in African states will skyrocket, as the
slow growth of African economies may only produce a few hundred thousand jobs
over the next year. By contrast, the ILO expects there to be millions of young
people entering the job market across the African continent.
Unemployment
in Africa currently stands at around eight percent, but the total number of
those unemployed will rise by over a million from 37.1 million to 38.3 million,
of which nine million are in North Africa.
In
sub-Saharan Africa, which has some of the highest birth rates in the world, an
estimated one-third of all people say they are willing to migrate for
work. Some migrants are willing to look for work in neighbouring countries, but
for many the ideal destination is Europe; specifically Germany given its
current status as the strongest economy in the European Union.
Though
Germany’s economy is largely positive, the rest of the European Union is
struggling to create enough well-paying jobs. In Spain around 400,000 jobs have
been created, but many of them are part-time or low skilled, resulting in many
young people not able to find careers that match their educational
background.
The
report also notes that almost half of the unemployed people in the European
Union have been looking for work for the past twelve months or more.
The
ILO report’s findings reflect those of an Austrian Army Intelligence report
which estimated the possibility of millions of African economic migrants flooding
into Europe by 2020.
Frontex,
the European Union border agency, has also noted the trend towards increased
African economic migration. Last year they released a report warning
that West African countries could soon eclipse the Middle East and Central Asia
in terms of the number of migrants coming from those regions.
2016
saw the largest wave of migrants crossing from the African continent into Italy
over the Mediterranean sea, but Italian lawmakers have vowed to tackle the issue and
begin deportations of migrants who fail their asylum claims or are migrating
for purely economic reasons.
Comments
It’s time to close the borders
and start deporting migrants back to their home countries. This is a scam.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea
Party Leader
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