Why are there so many refugees in Europe? Where did they come from?

Generally speaking, refugees are people who have fled, and most European refugees come from war-torn countries, such as Syria, Iraq and Libya. One is geographical factors, and the other is the refugee or immigration policies of European countries.

Most of the refugees from European countries come from war-torn countries, such as Syria and Libya, where wars are frequent, people are miserable and precarious, and they have to leave their homes and try to escape from their sufferings. There are many war-torn countries around European countries, which are the first choice for most refugees because of their geographical proximity to European countries.

Second, due to the shortage of labor, some European countries used to welcome some refugees or immigrants to work as cheap labor. In addition, some European countries have relatively perfect social security (and many African countries were once colonies of some European countries), so many refugees are also willing to invest in Europe.

Extended data

Since the 20th century, the refugee problem has become a worldwide problem, which mainly comes from three aspects:

1, political reasons and racial persecution

For example, Belarus fled abroad in large numbers because of the October socialist revolution; Another example is Hitler's policy in the 1930 s, which forced Jews to flee. After World War II, the racist regime in South Africa oppressed blacks and colored people in China.

2. War

It is estimated that the two world wars made 70 million people refugees in Europe alone; In the 1970s and 1980s, Vietnam invaded Cambodia, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, Israel invaded Arab countries and Iraq invaded Kuwait, resulting in a large number of refugees in these areas.

3. Natural disasters

For example, 1982- 1984, a severe drought in Africa, caused a large number of refugees.

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