It happened because this President has refused to lead. When a vacuum is created. this is the predictable result which many of us predicted. As we know. the vast majority of these refugees are from Syria. a country which has known little but death and destruction for 4 years as a murderous dictatorship and a homicidal cult have fought a war against a common enemy. the Syrian people. As Assad and ISIL fight to rule. cruelty and atrocity reign. According to the United Nations Refugee Agency. about 63 percent of European asylum seekers in the past 2 years are Syrians. but the truth is. the refugee crisis is much bigger than what we are seeing today in Europe. Since 2011. well over 200.000 Syrians have been killed. 1 million injured. 8 million displaced. 4 million forced to seek refuge abroad in countries such as Turkey. Jordan. Lebanon. and Egypt where the situation is not much better. The United Nations has described this crisis as "the greatest humanitarian crisis tragedy of our times." As conditions at refugee camps in the region continue to deteriorate with overcrowding. disease. violence. and exploitation. those who can are attempting to escape further west to safer places in Europe. The United Nations estimates that at least 850.000 people will seek refuge in Europe between 2015 and 2016. About a quarter of them will be children.
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