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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 by
CNN
 on November 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.

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