Migration in Latin America

1) A global approach to Migration in Latin America/ the Caribbean and the EU

Immigrants travelling via Greece to Europe

A route that has been used by Immigrants coming from Middle Eastern countries and Africa’s in the past few years is Greece, “the gateway to West “.

Roughly nine out of every 10 people illegally entering Europe cross the unsealed Greek borders.

They all risk their lives in the hope of a better life as they endure hunger, thirst, heat, cold and physical abuse and threats by constantly money-demanding people smugglers.

People smugglers, who play an indispensable role in the illegal migration, make a business worth millions by helping Immigrants move across the borders. Every Immigrant pays nearly $10,000 for the journey.

Greece has not been able to control the wave of Immigrants entering the country. A total of roughly 100,000 illegal immigrants have been registered per year.

-Due to personnel shortages, asylum applications are processed at a very slow pace.

-Refugees are provided with neither financial support nor accommodations, and they only receive food donated by aid organizations and supermarkets.

Frontex

The land border in Greece to the EU has been well-guarded for some time now. Frontex, the EU agency responsible for external border security, supports the Greek border posts with thermal-imaging cameras.

Border Projects

Several ideas have been presented to prevent the massive Immigration; one of them is the slightly non friendly project of building a 10-km fence at a cost of over €3 million.

Even robots and drones may be deployed to guard Europe's external borders in the future, according to the latest plans from Brussels.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/07/euro-immigrant-drone/

Dublin II (EU Regulation 2003)

“The EU member state in which a refugee arrives is responsible for handling his or her asylum process”.

The regulation aims to force countries such as Greece to take its border-security responsibilities seriously. But it also relieves countries located at the center of the EU, such as Germany, from the burden of unwanted asylum seekers.

Michael Hartmann, spokesman for the Social Democratic Party (SPD), says that Dublin II should be reconsidered, and that the states on the EU's external borders should be given more assistance.

Germany

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