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Although the migration problem has long existed in the US near the border with Mexico and along the Florida coasts, the excessive number of refugees invading the European countries is a new phenomenon. The large influx of refugees currently poses huge challenges to Europe in general and to the EU in particular. It is very complicated for EU policy makers to address the issue of the refugees. Any effective policy there would require an agreement between 28 autonomous governments. Some policy initiatives could solve or at least control the present chaos, disorder, and uncertainty created by the arrival of this unprecedented number of refugees. Furthermore, they might diminish the uneven global development without creating an unsustainable economic and political challenge to the European countries (Garcia-Zamor, 2017).
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Garcia-Zamor, JC. (2018). The European Migrant and Refugee Crisis. In: Ethical Dilemmas of Migration. Public Administration, Governance and Globalization, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75091-0_3
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