How the migration of Syrians to Europe unfolded

The migration of Syrians to Europe was part of the significant movement of refugees and migrants into Europe in 2015, mostly from the Middle East. An estimated 1.3 million people came to the continent to request asylum, the most in a single year since World War II; they were mostly Syrians.

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   the migration of syrians to europe · Wikipedia · 60+ min read

   Over 1 million refugees and migrants crossed the Mediterranean, mostly via the Aegean Sea, in 2015, three to four times more than the previous year. 80% were fleeing from wars in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. The Syrian civil war began in response to the Arab Spring protests of March 2011, which quickly escalated into a civil uprising. By May 2011, thousands of people had fled the country and the first refugee camps opened in Turkey. The March 2016 EU-Turkey deal aimed to stem migration to Europe, much of which passed through Turkey. Turkey agreed to increase border security and take back future irregular entrants into Greece; in April, Greece recorded only 2,700 irregular border crossings, a 90 per cent decrease compared to the previous month.

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   Will Displaced Syrians Ever Return? History Says No. · War on the Rocks · 9 min read

   More than 900,000 Syrians applied for asylum in the European Union between 2014 and 2017 alone, most of whom made the expensive and dangerous journey on their own. The history of refugee flows to Western Europe from the Global South shows that most migrants granted asylum and subsequently receiving permanent residency or citizenship never return to their country of origin.

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   Europe's refugee crisis explained · YouTube · 23 min watch

   Europe's refugee crisis began with people seeking asylum, and according to the video, the European Union's response is not working. Syrian refugees are among those seeking asylum, and their arrival has caused political and domestic turmoil.

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   The Beekeeper of Aleppo · Bookshop.org

   The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri follows Syrian refugees who leave their country in 2015 and travel through Europe seeking sanctuary in the UK.

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