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Syrian Crisis and The EU

This document is a research paper that examines the factors contributing to Syrian refugees moving to Europe and the European Union's response to the refugee crisis. The Syrian civil war has caused over 12 million Syrians to flee their homes, with over 5 million refugees in neighboring countries like Lebanon, Turkey, and Jordan. The overwhelmed resources in these countries have left many Syrian refugees in poor conditions with an uncertain future, causing them to embark on dangerous journeys to Europe seeking better lives. Between 2011-2016 approximately 1.1 million Syrian refugees claimed asylum in Europe, collapsing the EU's asylum system. This research aims to address migration challenges by producing policy-oriented research, bridging research with policymaking, and identifying problems and policy solutions.

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Syrian Crisis and The EU

This document is a research paper that examines the factors contributing to Syrian refugees moving to Europe and the European Union's response to the refugee crisis. The Syrian civil war has caused over 12 million Syrians to flee their homes, with over 5 million refugees in neighboring countries like Lebanon, Turkey, and Jordan. The overwhelmed resources in these countries have left many Syrian refugees in poor conditions with an uncertain future, causing them to embark on dangerous journeys to Europe seeking better lives. Between 2011-2016 approximately 1.1 million Syrian refugees claimed asylum in Europe, collapsing the EU's asylum system. This research aims to address migration challenges by producing policy-oriented research, bridging research with policymaking, and identifying problems and policy solutions.

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Eli Anibra

02.11.2019
Research Design Seminar Paper 1
Prof. Peter Mayer

The European Union and the Syrian Refugee Crisis

The crisis in Syria is one of the biggest threats to regional and global security that the world has

seen in decades. In March 2011, inspired by the “Arab Spring”, pro-democracy demonstrators

took to the streets to protest against the government. Over 465,000 Syrians have been killed in

the fighting, more than a million have been injured; more than 12 million others have been forced

to flee from their homes and 6.3 million are internally displaced. The war in Syria is worsening

by the day and due to this, many are fleeing to neighboring countries such as Lebanon, Turkey,

and Jordan. The number of Syrian refugees in these countries have exceeded 5 million and it is

overwhelming their resources and have rendered their socio-political and economic institutions

helpless. This has left many Syrian refugees in such countries in poor conditions. Faced with

uncertainty about their future, these refugees embark on the hazardous journey to Europe in

search of “better” lives. The excessive influx of Syrian Refugees in the European Union has

aggravated the Refugee crisis, virtually collapsing the once coveted and unparalleled asylum

system in the world. The last quarter of 2015 and the first half of 2016 registered a massive influx

of refugees in Europe. Approximately 1.1 million Syrian refugees claimed asylum in Europe

(between April 2011 and June 2016) which included over 750,000 in the EU. Thousands of

displaced Syrians continue to storm the borders and territories of EU countries, especially the

transit states such as Austria and Hungary. This study, seeks to examine the factors that account

for Syrian refugees moving to Europe and the attempts the EU has made to address the issue.

This research provides tools for addressing migration challenges, by: 1) producing policy
oriented research on aspects of migration, asylum and mobility in Europe and in countries located

along migration routes to Europe, that are regarded as priorities; 2) bridging research with action

by providing policy-makers and other stakeholders with results required by evidence-based

policymaking, as well as necessary methodologies that address migration governance needs; 3)

pooling scholars, experts, policy makers, and influential thinkers in order to identify problems,

research their causes and consequences, and devise policy solutions.

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