CORNELL UNIVERSITY MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICESept. 1, 2015
Cornell experts address the migration crisis in Europe
On Sept. 14, European Union interior and justice ministers will meet to discuss the migration crisis in Europe. Cornell Professors Maria Christina Garcia and Matt Hall talk about the implications of the flow of migration into Europe.
Maria Christina Garcia, an expert on the issue of immigration reform and professor of history at Cornell University, says those fleeing for safety in Europe should be classified as refugees, not migrants.
Garcia says:“The press calls these displaced persons ‘migrants’ when many of them are bona fide refugees. The crisis in the European Union is generating the most media attention but the real burden of accommodating refugees is always borne by the countries that border areas of crisis.
“A long-term solution depends on addressing the conditions that uprooted people in the first place.”
Matt Hall is an expert in European migration and a professor of demography at Cornell University. Hall believes stricter border controls will not halt migrant flow.
Hall says:“EU officials should learn from U.S. immigration policy that strict border controls do not halt flows of migrants or facilitate their incorporation. “Finding a solution in which member states share the short-term burden of accommodating refuges is in the EU’s long-term economic and social interests.”
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