Every day millions of internet users inquire Google some of life’s most difficult questions,vast and small. Our writers answer some of the most common queriesFirst things first: the refugee crisis is not a recent phenomenon. It’s just unusual to Europe and the west. By the halt of 2014, just 14% of the world’s displaced people lived in the developed world. Less than 6% of Syrian refugees had applied for asylum in Europe (222156 out of a then-total of roughly 4 million). When we inquire about the causes of a refugee crisis that has been so serious for so long, and we’re really asking why Europe has only just woken up to its existence. Related: Europe has turned its refugee crisis into a morally disastrous Hunger Games | Bruno Maçães Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com