Tragedy on the way to Europe: a perspective from Africa
As Europe grapples with the challenges of responding to the arrival of large numbers of migrants, it is vital to keep in mind that the people involved have not left their homes and countries for no reason. Many of them would rather have stayed at home. In a sense, they were forced into migrating.
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description | As Europe grapples with the challenges of responding to the arrival of large numbers of migrants, it is vital to keep in mind that the people involved have not left their homes and countries for no reason. Many of them would rather have stayed at home. In a sense, they were forced into migrating. |
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spelling | doaj.art-fd688ca3c4a54cd68ee26a7c525d0fa62022-12-22T03:18:50ZaraUniversity of OxfordForced Migration Review1460-98192051-30702016-01-01513839Tragedy on the way to Europe: a perspective from AfricaJ O Moses Okello 0former UNHCRAs Europe grapples with the challenges of responding to the arrival of large numbers of migrants, it is vital to keep in mind that the people involved have not left their homes and countries for no reason. Many of them would rather have stayed at home. In a sense, they were forced into migrating.http://www.fmreview.org/destination-europe/okellorefugeeIDPstatelessinternal displacementforced migrationmigrationEuropemigration crisis |
spellingShingle | J O Moses Okello Tragedy on the way to Europe: a perspective from Africa Forced Migration Review refugee IDP stateless internal displacement forced migration migration Europe migration crisis |
title | Tragedy on the way to Europe: a perspective from Africa |
title_full | Tragedy on the way to Europe: a perspective from Africa |
title_fullStr | Tragedy on the way to Europe: a perspective from Africa |
title_full_unstemmed | Tragedy on the way to Europe: a perspective from Africa |
title_short | Tragedy on the way to Europe: a perspective from Africa |
title_sort | tragedy on the way to europe a perspective from africa |
topic | refugee IDP stateless internal displacement forced migration migration Europe migration crisis |
url | http://www.fmreview.org/destination-europe/okello |
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