Thesis 100dpi

SOUTH EAST ASIA -
Much is made of the terrible crossing of the Mediterranean
sea, but the little publicized escape of the Rohingya
people from Bangladesh and Myanmar to places like
Malaysia and Indonesia are just as tragic. After being
denied basic human rights, the Rohingya people have
been forced to flee, but many of them have been stuck
at sea for large periods of time as host countries have
barred or turned back smugglers boats.
MEDITERRANEAN SEA -
The largest of the current crisis and the most widely
publicized is that of the crossings of Mediterranean to
reach Europe. War raging all across North Africa, and
the proximity of the ‘promised land’ of Europe, where
Italy and Greece have become the landing points, are
the only hope and salvation for many refugees. The
huge influx of over 150000 people trying to gain access
to Europe this way has had devastation repercussions
with over 2000 people dying at sea. Poverty in countries
neighboring problem states make them unfit destinations
for migrants, while other perils are rife within this
journey as human trafficking has become a multi million
dollar industry.
33 STATISTICAL NIGHTMARE
EASTERN EUROPE -
Ravaged by civil war, Ukraine has become a hotbed of
conflict recently. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians
have been forced to flee conflict. Europe is statistically
the favored choice for refugees, but many states such
as Italy, Poland and Germany have declined asylum
applications as they are already inundated with other
refugees from around the world. Thus Russia has been
forced to take on the refugees from this crisis. This catastrophe
has had huge economic repercussions on the
region and not nearly enough funds have been raised
from the United Nations in order to help to address the
refugee crisis financially.