Strain in Spain

Europe represents opportunity to starving, desperate Africans. Spain and Europe agree that the continent cannot withstand unchecked immigration from Africa, but disagree about who’s responsible for enforcement. Spain insists that the European Union has responsibility for monitoring the continent’s borders, but other nations criticize Spain for lenient policies including amnesty for past immigrants. Africa’s population, at 885 million, is larger than Europe’s, increasing at a faster pace, and increasingly desperate, too, with health problems, a lack of education or economic opportunities, and unreliable food and fresh supplies. Africans have little to lose trying to reach nations with more opportunity, and so any solution to unwanted immigration most likely rests in stabilizing Africa and not just slamming Europe’s doors. – YaleGlobal