Su suggerimento di @s1m0n4.

E se creassimo una città, sul modello di Hong Kong, per accogliere i rifugiati e i migranti?

Pieter Cleppe ci propone un’analisi delle soluzioni che hanno permesso di mitigare le crisi di migranti e spiega quali siano i fattori economici che hanno determinato il successo di Hong Kong.

If the EU created more temporary refugee shelters where asylum seekers are told to await their asylum claim, the pressure to provide decent standards would increase. Some people will be granted asylum, but others won’t. If the numbers remain as big as they are today, these kind of “temporary” shelters may be overwhelmed, and people may be forced to stay there for longer periods.

According to a top UN official, Europe must prepare for the arrival of millions more refugees from the Middle East and Africa as “young people all have cellphones and they can see what’s happening in other parts of the world, and that acts as a magnet.”

Given the pressure that can be expected in the next few decades – with Africa’s population expected to more than double in 40 years – creating an actual city with law enforcement seems like less of an overambitious, costly plan than shunting millions of people into dodgy off-shore shelters where they have no prospects. Hence, events on the ground may drive policy makers to this solution.

 

Immagine di Estial, CC BY-SA 4.0, da Wikimedia Commons