Red Cross chief worried about plight of migrants trying to enter Europe

#migrants #EuropeanUnion #Frontex #IFRC Elhadj As Sy, head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has blamed the indifference of leaders for Europe's biggest migrant crisis since World War II. He has requested the world to "wake up" to the real extent of the problem.
This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 22 August 2015.

There has been a dramatic rise in the number of migrants and refugees who are pouring into the European Union in recent months and it was predictable and expected. He has said that apathy in Europe was to blame because everyone saw such a situation this coming.
As per statistics of EU border agency Frontex, a record of 107,500 migrants reached the European Union's borders last month. Half of them landed in crisis-hit Greece - nearly 21,000 landed on the overstretched Greek islands last week itself.
Germany expects to receive a record 800,000 asylum seekers this year – this is far in excess of 202,000 requests received last year. Unless checked immediately, this migrant crisis could spiral into chaos because the migrants are fleeing from war in their countries.
The Red Cross chief has also remarked that European countries were among the richest on the planet and were well equipped to deal with the numbers arriving. With checks on known entry points to heck illegal migration, the human traffickers were looking for alternate routes and other entry points.
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