Why do refugees go to Europe? History of European refugees

In fact, there are three fundamental reasons:

First, the distance is close and the difficulty is low.

Looking at the map, we can see that the Middle East and North Africa are close to Europe, and the advantage is to get the moon first, so Europeans get the "refugees" first.

For refugees, the closer the distance, the lower the risk. People who have smuggled across the Mediterranean frequently hear the news of the death of a large number of refugees. From the Middle East or North Africa to China, you have to go through Qian Shan.

As for Russia, although it is closer than China, it is not difficult to cross several countries.

It is much easier to go to the EU than to China.

Second, the country is rich.

Don't think that refugees blindly choose to stay, they will also choose carefully.

Although most of them "landed" from Greece, they generally did not stay in Greece, but went to Western Europe and Northern Europe.

In fact, the most ideal place for refugees to run out with their lives is northern Europe, where there is money and good welfare.

So some refugees refused to buy it after taking it in Germany, asking Germany to open its borders and let them go. They are going to the Nordic countries.

Then, developing countries such as China will consider going to Europe instead of China or Russia, even if they are geographically close.

Third, the role of the Schengen Agreement.

There is a Schengen agreement between EU countries, and countries can travel freely. It is not difficult for these refugees to enter Greece. Arriving in Greece means that they can basically "travel freely" in EU countries, and it is relatively easy to reach Western Europe through countries that are not very rich.

This is a choice from the perspective of refugees. From a moral point of view, then the European Union and the United States should be responsible for accepting refugees, because all this is caused by them.

In particular, the United States should accept refugees on a large scale to fulfill its international responsibilities (of course, the cunning United States will not do that. Although it is forced by international moral pressure to accept 10 thousand refugees, I don't know whether it will be divided into ten or twenty years.

According to the data of the past five years, the United States has accepted 1500 Syrian refugees, with an average of 300 per year).