Europe’s refugee regime pushes external borders to the limit

19 February 2020

Ingeborg Eliassen

Stavros Malichudis

Social Justice/Minor Migrants

Europe’s refugee regime pushes external borders to the limit

Ingeborg Eliassen

Stavros Malichudis

19 February 2020

About Minor Migrants

European society has been swift to condemn President Trump’s appalling imprisonment of minor migrants fleeing conflict and poverty in Latin America. But with children making up a third of the refugees and migrants coming to Europe, is Europe’s record really any better?

While asylum centres in northern Europe shut down, 40,000 children and adults remain crammed into refugee camps on Greek Islands in unsanitary and dangerous conditions. Without a collective approach this winter, there are warnings that the entire system may collapse.

Europe’s refugee regime pushes external borders to the limit

Europe’s refugee regime pushes external borders to the limit

While asylum centres in northern Europe shut down, 40,000 children and adults remain crammed into refugee camps on Greek Islands in unsanitary and dangerous conditions. Without a collective approach this winter, there are warnings that the entire system may collapse.

About Minor Migrants

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