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The overwhelming majority of migration into Europe is not due to any war or terror. It is economic migration primarily from sub-Saharan Africa which is why you

The overwhelming majority of migration into Europe is not due to any war or terror. It is economic migration primarily from sub-Saharan Africa which is why you comparatively see so few women and children among the migrants.

sangnoir 8y ago
Crazy how many "sub-Saharan Africans" take the scenic route via the Middle East and Turkey/Greece - it's almost as if they are middle Easterners fleeing war and terror. > The overwhelming majority of migration into Europe is not due to any war or terror Wrong[1] > you comparatively see so few women and children among the migrants. Wrong, again - there are many women [2] [3] and children [4] [5] [6] migrants, even though it's traveling long distances on foot is risky and more suited to healthy (young) adults. 1. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/26/boko-haram-nigeria-famine-hunger-displacement-refugees-climate-change-lake-chad https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/26/boko-haram-nig... 2. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/01/migrants-more-profitable-than-drugs-how-mafia-infiltrated-italy-asylum-system https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/01/migrants-more-p... 3. https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/21/world/italy-nigeria-sex-trafficking/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/21/world/italy-nigeria-sex-traff... 4. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/aylan-kurdis-father-says-his-son-died-for-nothing-as-refugee-disasters-put-2016-on-course-to-be-a7057616.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/aylan-kurdis... 5. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/refugee-crisis-europe-latest-children-dead-washed-up-beach-spain-boys-brothers-italy-mediterranean-a7555816.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/refugee-cris... 6. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/26/boy-symbol-spain-migration-crisis-samuel-kabamba https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/26/boy-symbol-spa...

sangnoir 8y ago

Crazy how many "sub-Saharan Africans" take the scenic route via the Middle East and Turkey/Greece - it's almost as if they are middle Easterners fleeing war and terror. > The overwhelming majority of migration into Europe is not due to any war or terror Wrong[1] > you comparatively see so few women and children among the migrants. Wrong, again - there are many women [2] [3] and children [4] [5] [6] migrants, even though it's traveling long distances on foot is risky and more suited to healthy (young) adults. 1. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/26/boko-haram-nigeria-famine-hunger-displacement-refugees-climate-change-lake-chad https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/26/boko-haram-nig... 2. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/01/migrants-more-profitable-than-drugs-how-mafia-infiltrated-italy-asylum-system https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/01/migrants-more-p... 3. https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/21/world/italy-nigeria-sex-trafficking/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/21/world/italy-nigeria-sex-traff... 4. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/aylan-kurdis-father-says-his-son-died-for-nothing-as-refugee-disasters-put-2016-on-course-to-be-a7057616.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/aylan-kurdis... 5. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/refugee-crisis-europe-latest-children-dead-washed-up-beach-spain-boys-brothers-italy-mediterranean-a7555816.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/refugee-cris... 6. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/26/boy-symbol-spain-migration-crisis-samuel-kabamba https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/26/boy-symbol-spa...