A Generation of Innocents

A Generation of Innocents

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Last published Tue, Nov 10, 2015

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This is a story I wrote after I read the news about the refugee crisis Europe has been dealing with. "What is at stake is nothing less than the survival and well-being of a generation of innocents" -Antonio Guterres, UNHCR This story is about the journey refugees are being forced to take. I wrote this story after a lot of days of research and I can assure you that the political situation I describe as well as the paths taken by the refugees (and the time it takes to get from one place to another) are true. You must have in mind that we live in a very crazy world, and political positions (specially when they are related to war and economy) can change very fast. This story was written on October 10th, 2015. -If you don't know much about what is going on in Europe and about the refugee crisis I am talking about, read this little summary (that I wrote based on a BBC's article): Europe has been recently dealing with a migration crisis, asylum applications in Europe have surged this year. The numbers for Germany and Hungary already exceed their 2014 totals. By the end of July, 438,000 refugees had applied for asylum. Last year’s number was 571,000. According to the UNHCR, Germany is the most popular destination for migrants arriving in Europe; it has received the highest number of applications, more than 188,00 by the end of July 2015. (15,416 more than in the whole of 2014.) The IOM estimates that more than 350,000 migrants were detected at the EU’s borders between January and August 2015. The biggest driver of this migration has been the conflict in Syria followed by the violence in Afghanistan and abuses in Eritrea. Oh, and English isn't my first language so bear with me, please :)

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