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Summer 2017
DEFENDERS
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housed in Turkey.
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But most asylum
seekers can still reach EU borders via
the sea whose number was 4161 in
2017.
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Certainly the reduction of the
Syrian crisis has decreased the volume
of Syrian refugees in the past year, but in
view of the main weak point of the EU
and Turkey agreement - the agreement
is limited to Syrian refugees only - the
main problem of the refugee crisis won’t
be affected by this agreement. Because
according to latest UNHCR figures,
the number of African refugees from
Guiana and Nigeria has been more than
Syrian refugees in 2017, and the Turkey
agreement in practice cannot help the refugee crisis in the EU.The agreement
was an attempt to reduce human trafficking into Europe, but in 2016 human
trafficking continued extensively and has increased in 2017 too.
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3-5 Efforts to halt the unabated migration
Efforts to halt the unabated migration by the EU requires putting an end to
human, economic, environmental crises in the crisis stricken regions of the
world. This in fact is not possible, in the short term. At the moment the refugees
crisis management is the only option before the EU. UNCHR statistics show
an increase in the migration crisis fromAfrican countries destined for Europe
over the next years.
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Migration exists while the EU has concentrated its efforts
in managing the crisis with the cooperation of Turkey.
The lack of a comprehensive plan that can help African countries (particularly
Libya which is experiencing instability due to political reasons), the lack of a
multilateral protective umbrella for these countries, will continue to refugee
and asylum seeking crisis from Africa to Europe
Table 2: Refugees / Nationality
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With the dampening down of the Syrian crisis, and consideration of the main
Table 2: Refugees / Nationality
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Nigeria
31 May 2017
10.1%
5,255
Côte d’Ivoire
31 May 2017
9.9%
5,151
Bangladesh
30 Apr 2017
8.9%
4,645
Syrian Arab Rep.
31 May 2017
8.0%
4,161
Others
31 May 2017
7.9%
4,128
Gambia
31 May 2017
6.9%
3,582
Morocco
31 May 2017
5.7%
2,967
Senegal
30 Apr 2017
4.9%
2,555
Mali
31 May 2017
3.7%
1,91
According to a European
Commission member, most
of the EU member states
have not stuck to their share
of taking in the number of
migrants