Refugee Crisis in Europe | Sociology | Report

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Abstract
The following report will provide the views on the various social issues that the people of
European countries would face regarding the illegal migration of the people. It has been recorded
that most people from the Asian and African regions tend to cross the European borders so they
could earn their livelihoods. There are various examples that are taking place in several regions
of the world regarding the mobility of the people through the international borders. The
investments by the international organizations to curb down these issues have also been
important matters. Here the case that has been chosen is regarding how African and Asian people
have migrated to the European countries and postcolonial interventions that have been seen in
the mining trade of Congo. The implication of the global trade policies through the mining trade
in Congo and its current policies has been discussed. The impacts of the postcolonial
interventions in the trade and its connection with African politics are also one of the main aspects
of this report. The conflicts in the region have also been focused here because the postcolonial
tensions regarding the capturing of the region have affected the global trade. The situations of the
mass looting and invasion of the common people are quite important to understand the politics of
the African continent. These situations had made the African economy much weaker and it was
one of the foremost reasons why the people of Africa crossed the international borders of Europe
to live in a better place and earn their livelihoods. The civil wars in some Asian countries of the
Middle East also disturbed the peace and stability of the region. This was another reason for
people to move to Europe.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Migration of refugees in Europe......................................................................................................2
Illegal immigrations from Asia and Africa......................................................................................4
Postcolonial interventions in Congo’s mining trade........................................................................4
Invasion and mass looting...............................................................................................................5
Violation of global trade policies....................................................................................................6
Reasons for the conflicts..................................................................................................................7
Connection between global trade and migration to Europe.............................................................8
Developmental aspects of migration on trade policies....................................................................9
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................10
References List..............................................................................................................................11

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Problem Description
Refugee crisis has been one of the biggest challenges that the continent of Europe has
been facing of late. Thousands of migrants from various African and Asian countries are
migrating to Europe to find their livelihoods in those regions. This paper will look to scrutinize
the factors of migration in the European countries from countries of the Middle East and some
African countries like Congo, Somalia and others. It has been a potential challenge for European
countries to provide shelter to these people since their countries are completely tor n up by civil
wars. The context of Congo from the perspective of global trade policy should be introduced in
the paper as well because Congo has been rising as a giant in African region for its supremacy in
mining trade. Both the themes will be evaluated in this paper since migration and trade are
completely intertwined with each other.
Framework for analysis
The importance of this section is to highlight on the issues and facts that would be
analyzed in this report. The migration issues in the international sphere should be addressed here
because the global trade policies and its impacts on migration of people is very closely related.
Some theories will be used in the paper to show how the trade policies have impacted on the
migration of the people (Cowen 2014). In this scenario, the conflict theory will be the most
appropriate because most Africans that leave their countries and come to Africa are laborers.
They flee there to earn their livelihoods. They would be able to avail good salary, education and
health facilities for their children and other benefits (Della Porta and Tarrow 2005). European
countries would also benefit from them by means of cheap labor costs. The segmented labor
market theory is somewhat different from the classical and neo-classical explanations. The