What the armed Conflict has led to
Last week, the International Institute for Strategic Studies reported that the number of people displaced by armed conflict (mainly in the Middle East and Africa) had increased by 40% since 2013.Add to that an often desperate search for opportunity. Among Syrian and Iraqi asylum seekers, one phrase commonly heard on the migration route north was "Europe invited us".
The shutting down of the Balkan migration route may have a lot of implications. An anti-immigration approach is surging across the continent. Such is the desire of European politicians to "regain control over the EU's external borders” that they will make extraordinary bargains with Turkey or indeed Libyan militias. What the last few months have shown us is that many governments (notably in central and eastern Europe) are far more interested in preventing illegal migration than they are in living up to refugee quotas. Some have also made clear that they are prepared to use their armed forces to protect their borders if they have to.
CNN, 2016
It is claimed in the extract that many european countries are far more interested in preventing illegal migration than:
