What Europe Needs to Solve the Refugee Crisis

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What Europe Needs to Solve the Refugee Crisis

Populist parties across Europe have been quick to link the Paris terrorist attacks to the refugee crisis, which some U.S. presidential candidates have also exploited.

By Judy Dempsey

Published on Nov 24, 2015

Source: CNN

Hours after the coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, the blame game began. Populist, conservative and Eurosceptic parties and movements across Europe pointed fingers at the refugees. They argued that the uncontrolled influx of so many refugees fleeing the wars in Syria and Iraq creates opportunity for ISIS followers to enter Europe.

But refugees had nothing to do with the bombings in London or Madrid, Oslo or Brussels, Beirut and Ankara.

Read the full text of this article on CNN.

About the Author

Judy Dempsey

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe

Judy Dempsey is a nonresident senior fellow at Carnegie Europe

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Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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