Imagine the entire population of France uprooted from their homes, forced to flee danger, persecution or starvation. The U.N. refugee agency says more people than that — 65 million — were displaced worldwide at the end of last year, easily setting a new postwar record.

Source: UN Urges Solutions as Refugee Population Hits Record High – The New York Times

The growing number of refugees is certainly alarming, but I wonder if the best solution we can come up with is to pack them all into Europe and some Middle Eastern Countries? No doubt that this will place a substantial amount of pressure on their economies that will likely hurt them in the long run.

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