John: smuggling and refugee deaths on the routes to Europe will continue until legal routes are available (2015)
prediction · status: unresolved · last event: predicted (2015-09-08) · owner: John
In September 2015 John forecast that people smuggling and refugee deaths on the routes to Europe would continue until legal ways to reach Europe were available.
About: people smuggling, Europe
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-08 | predicted | John forecasts that until legal opportunities to reach Europe are available, the smuggling and the deaths will continue. | Understanding the Refugee Crisis in Europe, Syria, and around the World 00:04:34 |
What is said about it
4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2015-09-08 · Understanding the Refugee Crisis in Europe, Syria, and around the World — John: Refugees pay smugglers thousands of euros for boat passage from Turkey, Morocco or Egypt to Malta, southern Italy or Greece's southern islands. — 00:02:27
- 2015-09-08 · Understanding the Refugee Crisis in Europe, Syria, and around the World — John quotes the UN High Commissioner for Refugees: better cooperation against smugglers is needed, but nothing will work without more legal ways to reach Europe and find safety. — 00:02:41
- 2015-09-08 · Understanding the Refugee Crisis in Europe, Syria, and around the World — John: The real solution, John says: far more refugees accepted legally through non-smuggling routes like a quota system, which is politically unpopular; until then, smuggling and deaths will continue. — 00:04:25
- 2015-09-08 · Understanding the Refugee Crisis in Europe, Syria, and around the World — John quotes the UNHCR: thousands of refugee parents risk their children's lives on unsafe smuggling boats primarily because they have no other choice. — 00:04:39