kids encyclopedia robot

European migrant crisis facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

More than a million migrants and refugees crossed into Europe in 2015. This created a crisis because it is hard for countries to cope with the large numbers of people or even in some countries war. This also causes the people to flee to safer countries. It also created a division in the European Union over how to deal with resettling people.

Images for kids

  • Sea arrivals to Greece and Italy, 2015

    Mediterranean sea arrivals to Greece and Italy from January 2015 to September 2016, according to UNHCR data

  • Refugees on a boat crossing the Mediterranean sea, heading from Turkish coast to the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, 29 January 2016

    Migrants crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos, January 2016

  • Wien - Westbahnhof, Migranten am 5 Sep 2015

    Newly arrived refugees in Germany, October 2015

  • AFAD Kilis kampı

    Syrian Refugees at Kilis Oncupinar Accommodation Facility in Turkey

  • Arbeitsbesuch Mazedonien (20270358044)

    Rescued male migrants are brought to southern Italian ports, 28 June 2015

  • Syrian refugees strike in front of Budapest Keleti railway station. Refugee crisis. Budapest, Hungary, Central Europe, 3 September 2015

    Arrival of migrants in Dobova, Slovenia

  • Top recipients of asylum applications in the EU-28 (2015)

    Number of first time asylum applications received by the top ten recipients in the EU-28, January–December 2015. The top ten recipients account for more than 90 percent of the asylum applications received in the EU-28.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Crisis migratoria de 2015 en Europa para niños

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
European migrant crisis Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.