This article does a great job in highlighting the statistics revealing the large increase in people seeking asylum from the region. Record numbers of refugees have been recording fleeing Syria and Libya in the last year; However these two specific countries experience tremendous turmoil and a vast amount of these people were most likely attempting to reach safety. I am surprised that with signs of hope sprouting throughout the Middle East from the Arab Spring movement, that this many people are still packing up and heading to the western world. I would have thought that more people would be willing to unite behind the movement instead of continue the old ways of trying to leave the countries that have struggled to live in for so many years.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42437102#.T4SIaNlnBDw
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