The Cost of Fortress Europe
Follow the money – some of it – into the sub-economy spawned by migration Sealing its borders to immigrants costs Europe’s taxpayers billions of euro a year. Policy implementation is costly, and the...
View ArticlePeople Heading for the UK for Jobs and Education
Both the number of people migrating into the UK and the ones leaving has been consistently on the rise in the past decade, according to data published by UK based think tank Migration Observatory....
View Article59 Million Displaced in 2014, Half of Them Children
A population of refugees equivalent to the amount of citizens in United Kingdom were forced to flee from war, conflict and persecution in 2014, the biggest displacement of people since records started...
View Article2015 Mediterranean Crisis: The Facts So Far
Mediterranean Migration Crisis, The Facts So Far The death of 850 migrants in a single shipwreck off the coast of Libya in April brought the world’s attention back to the Mediterranean. Alex Norrington...
View ArticleGrowing Asylum Applications. Shrinking Nations.
The EU statistical arm, Eurostat has released a rather dull press release on asylum applications with some surprising figures. Quartz then did an excellent breakdown with charts on the impact of the...
View ArticleGrowth of Right Wing Parties Threatens Integration – MIPEX
The rise of right wing parties and government spending cuts are making Europe less welcoming for migrants, according to the latest Migration Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) 2015 report. Pictured:...
View ArticleNon EU Immigrant Acquisition of EU-28 Citizenship Climbs by 20% – Eurostat
Close to a million people obtained citizenship of an EU member state in 2013, an increase of 20% over the previous year, according to the latest data collected by the bloc’s statistical arm, Eurostat....
View ArticleArrivals by Sea Approach 250,000
The number of migrants and asylum seekers so far in 2015 is now approaching a quarter of a million, according to the latest analysis by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) analysis. The...
View ArticleRecord 168,000 Cross Mediterranean in September Alone
Refugee and migrant arrivals in Greece are expected to hit the 400,000 mark soon, despite adverse weather conditions, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has warned. A group of refugees disembark an...
View ArticleWestern Balkan Report
From April to June 2015, 52,200 non-regional migrants- migrating citizens of non-Balkan countries- were detected for illegal border crossing in the Western Balkan countries, Frontex reported in its...
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