Migration crisis in EU

Definition of an international migrant

International migrant: someone who

changes his or her country of usual residence,
irrespective of the reason for migration or legal
status if duration is at least 1 year.

 258 million or 3.4% of the global

population are international migrants
 in 2019
According to results of sociological research, O. Ivankova-Stetsyuk
distinguishes two groups of migrants, depending on the degree of their
integration into another's socio-cultural environment.

Positive Negative
Transit Return

Diaspora Pendulum

Assimilation Getto
Reasons of international migration
in countries:
 Social inequality
 Demographic disbalance
 Climate change and the natural
disasters
 Political factors
 Seeking greater personal freedom
Age and sex of migrants
Distribution of international migrants by age and sex,
2019
The dynamics of the number of migrants in the world in
2000-2019, thousands of people

Europe and Asia hosted

around 75 million migrants
each in 2015 – 62 per cent
of the total global
international migrant stock
combined.
The phrases "European migrant crisis"
and "European refugee crisis" became
widely used in April 2015, when five boats
carrying almost 2,000 migrants to Europe
sank in the Mediterranean Sea, with a
combined death toll estimated at more than
1,200 people.
Number of immigrants in EU countries,
millions of people

Today, over 54 million

migrants live in the EU-
28, which make up more
than 10% of the
population.
HOW MANY MIGRANTS ARE GOING TO EUROPE
Consequences of migration for
European countries:

1) Labor force growth.

2) The solving problem of Europe's aging.
3) Increasing the load on the economy.
4) Protests against immigration
5) Terrorist attacks
The impact on EU
• DIVISION OF EUROPE • LOOSE OF THE EUROPEAN
SOUL
• Extremists won voices,
• Conditions of refugees are terrible,
• Countries closed their borders:
Denmark, Belgium, Hungary, France,• Pact between EU and Turkey.
UK, Slovakia, etc.
• EUROPE IN FEAR
• Terrorist attacks and incapacity of
preventing them  fear that ISIS
sends terrorists as refugees,
• Increase of islamophobia and racism
due to ignorance.
The end of the welcoming spirit
• The terrorist attack in Paris on
November 12th and Belgium on March
22nd  fear, racism, ignorance.
• The “massive rape event” in New Year
Eve in Germany.
• The massive amount of refugees VS the
lack of organization and
infrastructures.
• The hostility of many european
countries against the refugees.
• The media and political speech changed
UK, debate about Migrant VS
Refugees.
What is happening now?
According to the Dublin Regulation, there were
introduced some idea of saving of migration crisis
in EU:

 to return migrants to the countries where

they are registered
 to introduce country quotas for migrants
 to build “landing platforms” for
immigrants outside/inside the EU.
 to help North Africa, Turkey, and the
Middle East with money
Tents where
migrants stay in
Lesbos in Greece
after arriving from
Turkey. The islands
are still trying to
build shelters that
can cope with the
influx of people.
Camp for emigrants in Italy
 SUGGESTIONS
 Reinforce the resettlement and relocation systems
 Considering private sponsorship
 Improve the living conditions at refugee centers in
Turkey and Europe
 Create new system that allows asylum-seekers to
register requests from their home countries or states
adjoining the EU
 Open legal channels for economic migrants seeking
work in the EU, both high and low qualified
employees
Thank you for attention!