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by antimatter 2775 days ago
The overwhelming majority of migration into Europe is not due to any war or terror. It is economic migration primarily from sub-Saharan Africa which is why you comparatively see so few women and children among the migrants.
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Crazy how many "sub-Saharan Africans" take the scenic route via the Middle East and Turkey/Greece - it's almost as if they are middle Easterners fleeing war and terror.

> The overwhelming majority of migration into Europe is not due to any war or terror

Wrong[1]

> you comparatively see so few women and children among the migrants.

Wrong, again - there are many women [2] [3] and children [4] [5] [6] migrants, even though it's traveling long distances on foot is risky and more suited to healthy (young) adults.

1. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/26/boko-haram-nig...

2. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/01/migrants-more-p...

3. https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/21/world/italy-nigeria-sex-traff...

4. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/aylan-kurdis...

5. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/refugee-cris...

6. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/26/boy-symbol-spa...