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European refugee crisis (The scale of migration (Syrian asylum…

- - - - Chemical weapons
      - Immediate threats to life
    - - Therefore, Europe is the best option
      - Few safe places to live in the surrounding area.
      - EG Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon
      - Fencing of Israel's border prevents migrants settling there.
- - - - German labour gap means that migrants in MINT(mathematics, information technology, natural sciences and technology) are encouraged into the country, 800,000 migrants in 2016 alone.
    - - European countries like Germany, Italy and Spain suffer from a low birth rate and would want some migrants to make up for the ageing population. Germany currently has a population of about 81.3m, which is expected to decrease to 70.8m in 2060, so they could use some migrants.
  - - - Migrants are travelling through the Mediterranean on small overcrowded boats that are very prone to sinking. In April 2015 alone around 1200 migrants drowned in the ocean.
    - - In 2015 over 1 million refugees applied for asylum in 2015, while only 250,000 were excepted in all European countries.