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Understanding the European Migrant Crisis

Learn about causes of migrant crisis in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Somalia, Libya, and Eritrea, with insights on European opinions and the challenges faced. Explore the impacts of war, totalitarian regimes, and societal issues on migration trends.

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Understanding the European Migrant Crisis

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  1. European migrant crisis Johana Brichová

  2. Why has it started? • different causes in different countries • Syria • Afghanistan • Iraq • Iran • Pakistan • Somalia • Libya • Eritrea

  3. Syria

  4. Syria • 22,5 mil. inhabitants • ¾ Sunni muslims, also Shias, Christian and Jewish minority • since 2000 Bashar al-Assad´s totalitarian regime • since 2011 civil war: • beginning - Arab Spring • government X rebels X Kurdish military forces X ISIS • until 2016 - † 250 000 people, about 14 mil. refugees

  5. Afghanistan

  6. Afghanistan • 30 mil. inhabitants, 99% muslims • 1978 - putsch, communist dictatorship till 1989, 10 mil. refugees • 1996 - 2001 - Taliban domination, 2001 overthrown • since 2001 - war against Taliban • since 2015 Taliban gains the power again

  7. Iraq

  8. Iraq • 33 mil. inhabitants, 97% Shias • 1968 - 2003 - dictatorship of the socialist Ba´ath party • 1978 - elected president Saddam Husein • 2003 - putsch, new government administrated by the USA • democratic republic, but corrupt government • unrest - armed groups, strifes due to the large amount of oil

  9. Iran

  10. Iran • 82 mil. inhabitants • since 1997 - not so strict censorship • antigovernment protests, but cannot be enforced • tension between USA - suspicion of developing the atom forces despite the ban

  11. Pakistan

  12. Pakistan • 202 mil. inhabitants • owns the atom forces • common antigovertment demonstrations • some territories administrated by Taliban a Al-Qaeda • since 2008 - war on the northwest, effort to separate

  13. Libya

  14. Libya • 6 mil. inhabitants • till 1943 - Italian colony • before the Wold War II - Bedouin insurgents • during WWII - a lot of fights, Italian and German military units till 1942 • 1949 - independant, Libyan kingdom • 1969 - putsch • 2011 - overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi • Chaos and a civil war • no central goverment, some territories without administration

  15. Eritrea

  16. Eritrea • 5 mil. inhabitants, Muslims and Christians • 1993 - independence, separation from Ethiopia • one of the poorest countries in the world • a lot of army forces, decline in education and industry • 22 years dictatorship of one political party • 1998 - war with Yemen, † 100 000 people, ¼ of Eritreans escaped • since 2008 strifes with Djibouti - unclear border • 4000 people/month leave the country

  17. Opinions on the European migrant crisis

  18. Frequent opinions: the causes of the migrant crisis • wars, civil wars • religious, ethnic and/or economic pressure in those countries • dictatorships and totalitarian regimes • rise of ISIS • smuggling business • no protection of the European and Schengen boder

  19. Frequent opinions: the problems of the migrant crisis • USA and NATO and their intervention in those countries • result - decline of undemocratic, but sometimes funcional regimes, e.g. Libya • Islam - cannot be merged with democracy • Sharia, social status of women, homosexuals and non-Muslims, explanation of Jihad • formed Islamic terrorism, e.g. ISIS

  20. Opinions: the loudest Czech politics • Miloš Zeman, president: Czech republic should not take in any refugees, the violence would increase • Andrej Babiš, minister of finance: We should not take in anyone, for the refugees would not integrate • strictly against imigration: Úsvit (R), Martin Konvička (IvČRN, BPI), president Miloš Zeman • more liberal attitude: ODS (R), Svobodní (R), premier Bohuslav Sobotka • agree with imigration: Strana zelených (more to L)

  21. Survey

  22. The opinions of the Czech • informed by the media • from Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia and Eritrea, or other mostly Islamic countries • mostly due to wars and bad economic situation • + poverty, interventions of the USA • not to Czechia: small doses, flow to Germany, negative information • hatred of the Czech towards the refugees • influence on the common life: • yes • in Czech republic not, but elsewhere yes • fear of the unknown

  23. Our opinion • EU is not ready to take in so many people in such a short time! • the interventions of the USA are not usually wrong, but their problem is not having any next plans • we shoud take in mainly tested refugees from fighting countries • the problem of Islam is incompability with other today’s European values

  24. Thank you for your attention! Johana Brichová

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