Summary
In the midst of
hordes of Syrian Immigrants flooding into Europe: European nations
are taking measures in hope of stunting further migration. Countries
like Denmark and Sweden have either passed laws to prevent
immigration or have found themselves overwhelmed by immigrants and
forced to deport people back to their home countries. This is due to
many countries lacking the infrastructure to support so many new
immigrants: yet in spite of this, there has been so specific strategy
taken by the EU.
Analysis
Boyle has stated
that "more than 1 million refugees and migrants are believed to have traveled to Europe this year” : in the
past, European countries were open to taking the immigrants as
refugees, but recently the same countries have begun to pass bills to
deter further migration. The laws have been passed because countries
are being overwhelmed by migrants that their infrastructure cannot
withstand, and issues of safety have been raised adding to the
laundry list of Europe's leaders. Officials have stated that “Leaders
don't want to go through another year of high levels [of migration]
when they don't know if security can handle it, [or if[ their
infrastructure can handle it”. While Boyle says that they have some
good reason for wanting to stunt the flow of migrants, he emphasizes
the lack of unity in the EU and their failure to create a unified
front in dealing with the situation.
Citation
Boyle, Christina.
"Europeans Remove Welcome Mat for Migrants." Los Angeles
Times. Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2016. Web. 31 Jan. 2016.
<http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-europe-migrants-20160131-story.html>.
