Immigration and

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Immigration and  Fortress Europe  should it be
encouraged or contained?
Places of origin Transit places Gateways /
doors Arrival a new beginning? Fortress Europe
a solution? What solutions?
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Places of origin mostly African regions.
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Transit places Northern Africa, Eastern Europe
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Mediterranean gateways
Cyprus cannot channel the flow of immigrants
Up to 1,500 illegal immigrants / week.
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Ceuta
Melilla
Hundreds of immigrants jumped over the walls of
the border and many of them injured themselves.
In order to solve this situation, the government
decided to send the army near to the border and
now the situation is almost normalized.
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Fortress Europe are sanctions andtechnologies
the solution?
 The problem now arises from the immigrants
centers. NGOs are forbidden and there is major
delinquency  (wordpress.com)
Stronger radar technology
Biometric techniques (iris recognition)
Reconduction to the border
DNA controls?
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Refugees and asylum seakers welcome today?
Asylum is a fundamental right granting it is an
international obligation, first recognized in the
1951 Geneva Convention on the protection of
refugees. (EuropeanUnion.eu) In 2009, half of
the asylum applicants came from ten countries,
mainly Afghanistan, Russia, Iraq, Somalia,
Kosovo, Nigeria The total number of applicants
reaches 260,000, a quarter of whom is made of
minors. 12,000 are unaccompanied children, mainly
from Afghanistan.
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