Late in the week, I sat and read through the basic outline of a study conducted by the PEW Research folks. Topic? There is a mass group of people now motivated and ready to leave their homelands in Africa, and migrate to either the US or Europe. Active number? PEW suggests a minimum of 750 million people.
What's going on? I would suggest four basic elements:
1. Lack of stable governments or economical zones throughout most of Africa at this point.
2. No belief by anyone in Africa (over 1.1 billion in population) that things are improving. Some of this has to deal with profits that are occurring and little seen in better living standards.
3. Continual civil war or internal strife going on.
4. Internet connectivity which relays images and convincing words that it's better somewhere else.
If the 750-million did attempt a mass migration? Just trying to imagine this occurring within a five-year period is difficult. Neither the US or Europe could handle even a quarter of that number of migrants.
All of this will put European leadership into a difficult position. Either they accept the migrants....hinder the migrants....or take an active role in halting civil wars in Africa, with a mass infusion of capital to improve living standards.
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