The Mediterranean Route by Maria Couto

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     The Mediterranean Route

Cultural

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Many Europeans were at first white and Christian. Terrorism was relatively small, and the Muslim population was minimal.
However, because of the increasing number of Muslims in European countries, many of these countries have installed security over the fear of Islam taking over.

Economic

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Some migrants who lack the funds to continue their journey into Europe remain stranded on the Turkish coast until they raise some cash. Smugglers often meet in courtyards in search of new customers.

Environmental

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Daily arrivals peaked at 6,000 a day, in October 2015, covering the shore in cast-off supplies and swamping the island’s meager accommodations.
(Lesbos Island)

Political

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Push Factors

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Turn away from ISIS in Iraq.
Civil war in Syria.
Religious violence throughout the Middle East and North Africa.

Pull Factor

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The Schengen Agreement (allows a person to travel 26 countries without showing his or her passport)
Seeking of jobs and better lives.

Violence

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On March 11, 2004, in Spain, 10 bombs destroyed four trains, killing 200 people and wounding a thousand.

During 2005, in London, four bombers killed 52 people and injured hundreds more.

Paris, in 2015, suffered from a massacre in January. While in November an erection of suicide bombings, spree shootings, and executions led to the death of more than 140 people.

Result

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Europe’s "calm nature" has become a turbulent clash, causing the biggest refugee crisis since World War II against perhaps the natives.

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