Why do refugees go to Europe? European Refugee History

In fact, there are three fundamental reasons:

1. The distance is close and the difficulty is low.

If you look at the map, you will know that the Middle East and North Africa are close to Europe, and those closest to water get the moon first, so Europeans get the "moon" of "refugees" first.

For refugees, the closer the distance, the lower the risk. There are frequent reports of large numbers of refugees dying across the Mediterranean Sea. It is a long journey to reach China from the Middle East or North Africa.

As for Russia, although it is a little closer than China, it is not easy to travel through several countries.

Going to the EU is much easier than going to China.

2. The country is rich.

Don’t think that refugees choose their destination blindly. They also choose carefully.

Although most of them "landed" from Greece, they generally did not stay in Greece, but headed for Western and Northern Europe.

In fact, for refugees who can risk their lives to escape, the most ideal place for them is Northern Europe, where there is wealth and good welfare.

Therefore, some refugees did not accept the offer after Germany took them in, and demanded that Germany open its borders and let them pass. They wanted to go to Nordic countries.

Then, even if they are geographically close to developing countries such as China, they will consider going to Europe rather than China or Russia.

3. The role of the Schengen Agreement.

There is a Schengen Agreement between EU countries, and there is free movement between countries. It is not difficult for these refugees to enter from Greece. Arriving in Greece means that they can basically "travel freely" in EU countries. It is relatively easy to reach Western Europe through less wealthy countries.

This is a choice from the perspective of refugees. From a moral perspective, the EU and the United States should be responsible for accepting refugees because they created all of this.

The United States, in particular, should accept refugees on a large scale to comply with its international responsibilities (of course, the cunning United States will not do that. Although it said it would accept 10,000 refugees under international moral pressure, I don’t know if it is Ten or twenty years.

According to data from the past five years, the United States has admitted 1,500 Syrian refugees, an average of 300 people per year).