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EU Leaders Agree to Accept Refugees
Description: EU leaders agree to accept 32,256 refugees from Italy and Greece. According to uk.reuters, the EU failed to agree on how to spread the refugees among Europe, postponing the decision until the end of the year. They have not decided where to put these refugees, but they are accepting them Importance: 150,00 migrants, fleeing wars and poverty, have reached Europe by sea in 2015. These people need a place to stay and prosper, the EU's decision will greatly help these refugees. -
Picture of Refugees Sparks Sympathy
Description: 71 smuggled refugees were found dead in the back of a freezer truck, abandoned on the outskirts of Vienna, in their attempt to getting to a safe place. Importance: The death tole is rising steadily as refugees risk everything to get to a safe Europe. This event lead countries to take more notice and ease the migrant crisis according to nytimes. -
Picture of Aylan Kurdi Provokes Sympathy
Description: A picture of a drowned three year old, Aylan Kurdi, provokes a wave of sympathy for refugees. His family was attempting to reach Greece from Turkey when this boy drowned.
Importance: This event sparked sympathy in people around the world for fleeing refugees. This boy's death has brought the crisis into the spotlight. Thousands are making the same journey and now the public wants to help them. -
European Countries Agree to Help Even More
Description: Britian agrees to accept 20,000 refugees, France agrees to 24,000 refugees, and Germany agrees to
give six billion euros to help an expected 800,000 refugees.
Importance: Europe has agreed to help even more migrants, giving them a safe place from the wars and famin. The refugees will take a big tole on the EU, but they have the ability to help thousands. -
People Flood into Hungry
Description: 5,809 people, a record number, arrice in Hungry before the fence between Hungry and Serbia is finished and closed. Importance: The flow of migrants into Europe is massive and cannot be stopped by simple means. Europe has to deal with the thousands of migrants whether they want to or not. There are now too many refugees to ignore.
