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Migrant Crisis: Photo of drowned boy sparks outcry
Description: The photo of the migrant boy, which many callled 'humanity washed ashore', sparked outrage around the world because people were getting a first hand look at something that happens all too often, a migrant child ending up dead while trying to reach safety.
Importance/Relevance: The article says "Twelve bodies, including five children, were recovered." This highlights the plight and the dangers that parents are willing to risk to get their kids to safety, no matter the outcome. -
European Migrant Crisis: Germany adds border controls
Description: Faced with an influx of migrants and immigrants from war-torn Syria and Iraq, Germany is instituting temporary border controls.
Importance/Relevance: This was one of the first acts by a country to limit the ability of migrants from Syria and Iraq to enter the country. The article states that "As many as 10,000 migrants are arriving in Germany per day." This move, while probably infuriating to migrants, is understandable because of the vast number of people entering the country. -
A Mass Migration Crisis, and It May Get Worse
Description: Upwards of a million migrants have travelled to Europe this year in search of a better life than what they had in their own war ravaged countries. They come in search of a new life, but in many ways they were the heralds of a new age.
Importance/Relevance: "There are more displaced people and refugees now than at any other time in recorded history — 60 million in all." This line from the article shows how bad the situation in the migrants own countries actually is. -
Community torn apart as arrival of migrants prompts running battles in the streets
Description: Outraged protestors threatened children and hurled stones at sheltered housing in apparent retaliation for vandalism and burglaries carried out by newly arrived refugees.
Importance/Relevance: The cities within the countries where refugees from war-torn Syria and Iraq are stressed to the max with potential conflict around every corner. The article says "In Tärnsjö outraged locals say the problems began when 20 refugee families arrive and were linked to a crime wave in the village." -
Migrant Crisis: EU launches new border force plan
Description: The EU is in the process of trying to implement a strengthened border along countries such as Germany, Austria, and Hungary in order to lessen security risks posed by the influx of migrants from Syria and Iraq.
Importance/Relevance: This shows the effect that the massive number of migrants coming into these countries is having and the security measures being taken to combat this, in fact the article states "The new force will have a rapid reserve pool of 1,500 experts..."
