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Everybody is scared': The European migrant crisis is about to one face an unstoppable problem.

BARBARA TASCH

The European border agency estimates that around 710,000 migrants and refugees entered the EU since January, compared to 280,000 for the whole of 2014.

http://frontex.europa.eu/news/710-000-migrants-entered-eu-in-first-nine-months-of-2015-NUiBkk/

The crisis — spurred largely by Syria’s civil war — has caused numerous political spats, leading to the construction of walls around certain countries and the closing of borders between others.

Now, a new obstacle is about to make a desperate situation worse: winter weather.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2010/1203/Europe-snow-storm-death-toll-reaches-39/

Winters in Europe can be extremely dire, especially in the Balkans, where thousands of migrants and refugees are currently passing through, trying to make their way to richer European countries like Germany and Sweden. And even if they manage to make their way to Germany, there is no guarantee they will get to stay somewhere warm.

The different countries and aid organisations’ resources are already stretched to a breaking point and failing to find accommodation for the hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants coming to Europe. A survey for the German newspaper Die Welt indicated that over 40,000 people are still li vuving in tents in Germany.

The first snow of the season fell in Germany last week and the weather will only get worse from here. Aid groups also warn the weather will heighten the risk of conflict and disease, According to Reuters.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/19/europe-migrants-germany-winter-insight-p-idUSL8N12I0WG20151019/

When the weather was warmer, the migrants and refugees could walk around outside. Now they have to stay cramped inside their cold tents all day long with nothing to pass the time, which increases the risk of disputes among refugees and migrants.

Bilal, a refugee from Syria, told Reuters that fights, fuelled by alcohol in some cases, are a already a daily occurrence in the camp of Celle in northern Germany. Many fights happen between migrants, who are coming into Europe searching for better economic opportunities — and will likely see their asylum claim rejected — and refugees, who are fleeing war and persecution and are almost guaranteed to have their asylum demand accepted.

Living in such close quarters also heightens the risk of diseases spreading rapidly. A doctor at the Celle camp told Reuters that two-thirds of the people at the camp have a cold.

In the Balkans, the situation is even worse. The cramped refugee camps, which consist of unheated tents, have been emptying over the last few weeks as authorities have organised themselves in order to keep the refugees moving toward western Europe.

However, with Hungary now closing its border with Croatia and other countries considering a similar move, the situation could quickly revert back to what it was like during the summer when overcrowded camps and closed borders created human bottlenecks and led to thousands of people sleeping outside without basic sanitation or access to water and food.

To be sure, the winter weather might mean fewer refugees or migrants try to enter Europe. Frontex, the European border agency, told Business Insider in an email that the winter weather does have an impact on sea arrivals and that “historically numbers of border crossings decreased from November until April when there are storms.” Nonetheless, the number of refugees and migrants coming to Europe has never been this high and the situation never so dire.

“I am scared, everybody is scared,” Ali Lolo, a Syrian refugee from Damascus, Lolo told The New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/19/world/europe/refugees-face-winter-as-new-danger-for-europe-migration.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=2/

“We are worried they will close the border, but we are also worried about winter. We must get where we are going before the snows fall,” added Lolo, who waited with his family last week beneath a tarp at an camp at the Serbo-Croatian border.

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Too many to deal with

In Germany, everything available is used for accommodation, including sports halls and youth hostels, but the number of refugees and migrants is so high that there is not enough room to house everyone.

Even the refugees who have had their status approved are still staying in accommodation supposed to be for newcomers due to a housing shortage, Reuters reports.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/19/europe-migrants-germany-winter-insight-p-idUSL8N12I0WG20151019/

In Celle, heaters pump warm air into the tents at a cost of 4,000 euros per day, but even that is not enough to keep the inside of the tents warm.

In Hamburg last week, refugees and migrants started protesting in the streets, holding posters that read “We are cold” and asked for the tents to be taken down, according to Reuters.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s popularity has sharply decreased over her handling of the refugee crisis. Meanwhile, anti-immigration far right parties are on the rise everywhere in Europe.

http://www.businessinsider.com/these-5-facts-explain-the-worrying-rise-of-europes-far-right-2015-10?IR=T/

On Saturday things took a turn for the worse, when a German politician was stabbed in the neck because of her pro-refugee stance.

http://www.businessinsider.com/a-german-politician-was-stabbed-in-the-neck-for-her-pro-refugee-stance-2015-10?IR=T/

As winter sets in, Merkel’s “all refugees welcome” policy will need to weather its toughest test yet.

For one adviser who talked to Reuters, there is no doubt as to whether Germany can handle this new hurdle. “Absolutely, we can manage this,” the adviser said. “But you can envision a worst case scenario where we have rioting over the winter. And that could shape the mood."

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/winter-weather-will-make-eu-migrant-crisis-worse-2015-10 /

Cultural Suicide!

Continuation from 9/11 1683!

1683 - HOW did no one see this coming? I just don't understand it !

no worries, these million or so Muslims will quietly ,melt in to their new predominately Christian new homelands and co-live together ever after in peacefully bliss.

Isn't that how the fairytale goes?

If you Crap in one Hand,and Wish into the Other...............

I'm not scared.

I'm perplexed as to why their 'brothers and sisters' in countries to the south of them haven't extended the hand of friendship.

'cause,those Lands are already dominated by Islam!

Wars have consequences....

Doing nothing also has consequences.

you might want to research the origins of that particular War,as to who started the Bloodletting!
Might surprise you!

Like what? Keeping Europe & Western Civilization in tact or as is?
How dare we!
Because we have done alright & they destroyed themselves from the inside out ?

Well the two major crime patterns (rape & arson) committed, by the same people in EACH HOST country could be ONE reason.

But let's continue pretending that the world didn't know about any of that, so we don't offend anyone & invite them over to play.

History never ever repeats itself.
And we always learn from it.
* sarcasm*

Doing nothing spells the end of Europe and much of western civilization.By 2031 sheer weight of numbers will give Muslims control of democracy.

There won't be need for war.

I am not sure what you are saying .
Are you referring to the projections for Europe & Africa in the next two decades?

Or are you saying, only 'the religion of peace' * cough* can bring world peace.?

Because, right now, the weight on Europe is because of taking so many migrants in & kissing a@@.
The USA soon also. 850,000+ incoming.

Yes I'm talking the religion of piece. Piece by piece.There will be lots of pieces.
The figures I read were for Europe about three years ago based on projected natural growth.Now we have an explosion which will probably pull those figures back a couple of years.

More importantly,
How did anyone NOT see this coming?

Leaders from several European countries are holding an emergency meeting to try to close sharp divisions on the migrant crisis in the Balkans.


A draft statement calls on countries to stop waving through migrants without the agreement of their neighbours.
Slovenian PM Miro Cerar warned that the EU would "start falling apart" without concrete action on the crisis.
But his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic played down the prospects of a deal.
"I'm not sure that we're going to conclude something that will be very helpful immediately," he said, adding he was sure the countries involved would be able to overcome "blame games".

Ten EU and three non-EU states are taking part but the absence of Turkey at the summit has been questioned.
"Today the discussion will be among the countries along the corridor of the refugee flows," said Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
"But everybody knows at the end of the corridor there is an entrance."
The draft leaked ahead of the meeting calls for the "gradual and controlled" movement of people through the migration route.

It also proposes to bolster EU patrols at Greece's borders and to send 400 extra guards to Slovenia.
Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel said the refugee crisis could not be solved without the help of Turkey.
Balkan bottlenecks
Hungary closed its border with Croatia last week. As a result, Slovenia saw 58,000 arrivals in the week leading up to Saturday, and many people are waiting in wet and cold conditions.
"We will not be able to endure this for weeks if we do not get help," said Mr Cerar, arriving for the summit.
The Slovenian government has accused Croatia of deliberately dumping thousands of migrants on the border.
Croatia says it has no choice because Slovenia is allowing far fewer into the country than it should be.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, who called the meeting in Brussels, told the German newspaper :Bild, 'everyday counts.'
Night-time temperatures on the Croatia-Slovenia border dropped to close to freezing point over the weekend

But thousands have still been trying to reach Western Europe
If no agreement is reached, he added, "we will soon see families in cold rivers in the Balkans perish miserably".
Fears of Germany and Austria closing their own borders have led Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia to threaten to do so.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said the three countries would not "become buffer zones".
The International Organization for Migration said that more than 9,000 migrants arrived in Greece every day last week - the highest rate so far this year.
Most of the migrants - including many refugees from the conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan - want to reach Germany to claim asylum.
Germany says it expects to take in 800,000 asylum seekers this year.

BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34631365/