Immigration happens all over the world. There are many forms of immigration and many reasons that immigration happens. According to Dictonary.com the definition of immigration is to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residence. For my paper I am going to be focusing on immigration in Europe. I will do my research and inform you about the forms of immigration in Europe and the reasons that immigrants are coming into Europe. Immigration has been happening for a very long time, and it will continue to grow in the future. According to the BBC, in 2015 more than a million migrants and refugees crossed into Europe. The majority of these migrants came from overseas but some of them came to Europe through Turkey
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According to the International Organization for Migration, or the IOM it is estimated that the number of migrants that arrived by sea in 2015 was 1,011,700. While the number of migrants that arrived by land in 2015 was 34,900. This number is drastically increasing. In 2014 the total number of migrants by land and sea was 280 thousand, but this number does not include the many migrants that got in undetected. Frontex, which is the EU’s external border force, has been monitoring the different routes migrants have been using and have been looking at the numbers arriving at Europe’s borders. In 2015 Frontex figured that more than 1.8 million migrants have crossed into Europe. Most of these immigrants that crossed into Europe illegally from 2014-2015 have crossed in from Eastern Mediterranean with about 50 thousand in 2014 and 91 million in 2015, Central Mediterranean with about 180 thousand in 2014 and 170 thousand in 2015, and Western Mediterranean with about 50 thousand in 2014 and 790 thousand in 2015. Most of these illegal immigrants come into the country from Turkey and head to …show more content…
This law will take effect in January. According to the article, “Germany mirrors Europe 's move to curb immigration; A law set to take effect in January is aimed at luring skilled workers and restricting asylum seekers”, from The Christian Science Monitor, what this law focuses on is drawing highly skilled workers to Germany, and providing public money for language programs that would better participate the roughly 7 million immigrants that are in Germany. The people who support this new law believe that the law will eliminate fraud and modernize rules on asylum seekers. Because of this, asylum supporters fear that thousands of genuine refugees could be deported. The numbers on illegal immigrants compared to legal immigrants is drastically high. According to the same article, about 300,000 to 500,000 people arrive illegally in Western Europe every year. As for legal asylum applicants the number is some 380,000 people. This number has been declining ever since the Bosnian war. This war sent thousands of refugees flooding into Western Europe starting in the early
According to the International Organization for Migration, or the IOM it is estimated that the number of migrants that arrived by sea in 2015 was 1,011,700. While the number of migrants that arrived by land in 2015 was 34,900. This number is drastically increasing. In 2014 the total number of migrants by land and sea was 280 thousand, but this number does not include the many migrants that got in undetected. Frontex, which is the EU’s external border force, has been monitoring the different routes migrants have been using and have been looking at the numbers arriving at Europe’s borders. In 2015 Frontex figured that more than 1.8 million migrants have crossed into Europe. Most of these immigrants that crossed into Europe illegally from 2014-2015 have crossed in from Eastern Mediterranean with about 50 thousand in 2014 and 91 million in 2015, Central Mediterranean with about 180 thousand in 2014 and 170 thousand in 2015, and Western Mediterranean with about 50 thousand in 2014 and 790 thousand in 2015. Most of these illegal immigrants come into the country from Turkey and head to …show more content…
This law will take effect in January. According to the article, “Germany mirrors Europe 's move to curb immigration; A law set to take effect in January is aimed at luring skilled workers and restricting asylum seekers”, from The Christian Science Monitor, what this law focuses on is drawing highly skilled workers to Germany, and providing public money for language programs that would better participate the roughly 7 million immigrants that are in Germany. The people who support this new law believe that the law will eliminate fraud and modernize rules on asylum seekers. Because of this, asylum supporters fear that thousands of genuine refugees could be deported. The numbers on illegal immigrants compared to legal immigrants is drastically high. According to the same article, about 300,000 to 500,000 people arrive illegally in Western Europe every year. As for legal asylum applicants the number is some 380,000 people. This number has been declining ever since the Bosnian war. This war sent thousands of refugees flooding into Western Europe starting in the early