In these days migration is the key word on all the media in Europe. The increase of the numbers of refugees, especially from Syria, has brough different answers from the Eu Countries and the debate about how to manage the crisis is still open.
But what do we know about Syria war? Which are the numbers that can explain us the tragedy that is going on in this Country?
The Syrian war started in 2011 during the Arab Spring, with protests against the president Bashar al-Assad. The conflict sees many different actors: the national Army (supported also by Hezbollah), ISIS, the Free Syrian Army and other forces.
The number of victims seems currently close to 300 thousand, under severe human rights violations.
The gravity of this situation has caused the displacement of around 7 million of Syrians (out of 18 millions in total). It is estimated that 4 million people moved abroad from Syria to Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt.
More than a million is currently in Lebanon (that has a population of 4.5). Turkey accepted almost 2 million of refugees.
The situation in Syria is every day worst. And that is why people are leaving the Country.
At the same time the reaction of Europe has been, as always lately, incoherent and egoistic. Even if Eu is a leading donor for the crisis with 3.9 billion Euros, the treatment of the refugees has not been the best possible, as we have seen recently in Greece (left alone to face the immigration) and in Hungary.
The Syrian war started in 2011 during the Arab Spring, with protests against the president Bashar al-Assad. The conflict sees many different actors: the national Army (supported also by Hezbollah), ISIS, the Free Syrian Army and other forces.
The number of victims seems currently close to 300 thousand, under severe human rights violations.
The gravity of this situation has caused the displacement of around 7 million of Syrians (out of 18 millions in total). It is estimated that 4 million people moved abroad from Syria to Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt.
More than a million is currently in Lebanon (that has a population of 4.5). Turkey accepted almost 2 million of refugees.
The situation in Syria is every day worst. And that is why people are leaving the Country.
At the same time the reaction of Europe has been, as always lately, incoherent and egoistic. Even if Eu is a leading donor for the crisis with 3.9 billion Euros, the treatment of the refugees has not been the best possible, as we have seen recently in Greece (left alone to face the immigration) and in Hungary.
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| Number of refugees per Country since 2011 (NYT) |
Europe is the richest area in the World. It is not acceptable that it doesn't take actions in a humanitarian crisis that is happening at its borders.
The voice of Germany that wants to change the rules of the European immigration policy, seems finally a good start for changing direction. Let's hope that there won't be just words, but also facts.
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