African migrants continue coming into Europe
Another article in the BBC today: migrants from western Africa are continuing to make the dangerous journey to Spain.
In fact, the article reports that more migrants arrived on the Canary Islands (a popular destination because it is closer to western Africa than mainland Europe) in August than has over the entire 2005 year.
EU's newly formed external fronteir agency Frontex cannot keep up with the flow of migrants. Once again, merely controlling the borders or creating more barriers to entry is not working.
Why isn't it working? It seems like a logical line of defence, and yet it doesn't address neither the past (what conditions in their home countries are prompting people to leave) nor the future (how the newly arrived migrants will live in Europe).
In fact, the article reports that more migrants arrived on the Canary Islands (a popular destination because it is closer to western Africa than mainland Europe) in August than has over the entire 2005 year.
EU's newly formed external fronteir agency Frontex cannot keep up with the flow of migrants. Once again, merely controlling the borders or creating more barriers to entry is not working.
Why isn't it working? It seems like a logical line of defence, and yet it doesn't address neither the past (what conditions in their home countries are prompting people to leave) nor the future (how the newly arrived migrants will live in Europe).
posted by chaika at 9:02 AM
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