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EU: UK House of Commons Library: Briefing Paper: Migration pressures in Europe

30 August 2015

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See the full text: Migration pressures in Europe (22 pages, pdf): Good summary:

"While there are some involuntary migrants, subject to people trafficking rather than smuggling, this is the exception...."

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) is warning that the world is in the midst of a forced migration crisis, and it expects the situation to get worse still. European leaders are struggling to agree on how to respond to the challenges posed by large movements of irregular migrants across their borders.

Huge numbers of people are dying trying to cross the Mediterranean to Southern Europe from Libya. Lawlessness in Libya means that there is little authority to control the flow; some of the militias controlling the country are profiting from the trade. The recipient countries in the EU are struggling to deal with the large numbers reaching their destination, and securing agreement within the EU on a coordinated response to the challenges posed by the migration flows is proving difficult." [emphasis added]

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