The refugee and migrant 'crisis' has been in the headlines for the last year - but is it really a crisis? In this film I take an alternative look and ask what it really means for you, me and the future of our way of life. Scroll down for links to all sources for all facts and data used in the video. (Sorry, no comments on this one. If you feel strongly enough about it please contact me directly). Written and Directed by Adam Westbrook patreon.com/AdamWestbrook WITH THANKS TO Eva Alisic Tracey Elliot Caroline Vanier Nafees Hamid Guy Gunaratne Funded by the Global Young Academy. French subtitles: Otiko Bagaturia German subtitles: Otiko Bagaturia PATREON BETATESTERS Craig Warren Joel D Canfield Dean Whitney Matija Dukic Nick Randhawa Chris Schaefer Kieron Tarrant Robert Moran Max Romey Kriti Sharma patreon.com/AdamWestbrook FOOTAGE Getty Images Pond5 VideoHive NASA Featuring footage from “The Train” by Clara Cullen (Released under a Creative Commons Licence) vimeo.com/33404470 IMAGES Bundesarchiv Library of Congress Trocraire on Flickr (cc) Antoine Beauvillain MUSIC AudioJungle DIRECTED BY ADAM WESTBROOK Fresh Eyes on the Refugee Crisis globalyoungacademy.net/fresh-eyes-on-the-refugee-crisis/ SOURCES: In 2015 alone, more than 1 million refugees and migrants came ashore, the majority escaping the conflict in Syria: Official figure for 2015: 1,005,504 - Institute of Migration: migration.iom.int/europe/ Europe has a population of 508 million people: EuroStat, official ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/File:Demographic_balance,_2014_(thousand)_YB15_II.png Europe’s population increased 0.19% 1,005,504 / 508,000,000 x 100 70 years ago Europe was handling 31 million displaced people Porter, Anne “Ghosts of Europe” p. 281 Europe’s shrinking birthrates: ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/File:Number_of_live_births,_EU-28,_1961%E2%80%932013_(%C2%B9)_(million)_YB15.png Europe’s ageing population: ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/File:Median_age_of_population,_EU-28,_2001%E2%80%9314_(%C2%B9)_(years)_YB15.png Economists are saying immigration is essential for Europe’s labour shortage: un.org/esa/population/publications/popdecline/fotakis.pdf adamsmith.org/blog/economics/new-report-migration-and-development/ vice.com/read/we-asked-an-expert-happen-if-eu-opened-borders-to-everyone-584 ideas.repec.org/p/mse/cesdoc/13013.html Immigrant families contribute more each year than they take out: oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-migration-health/international-migration-outlook-2013_migr_outlook-2013-en Immigrants in Denmark raised wages and quality of life for locals: economics.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/files/events/peri%20paper.pdf This isn’t a migrant crisis, it’s something else migrantsrights.org.uk/blog/2016/02/refugee-crisis-crisis-policy-rather-refugees We wouldn’t have any greek influences or science if it weren’t for the Arab World Lyons, Jonathan “The House of Wisdom: How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilisation” amazon.co.uk/House-Wisdom-Transformed-Western-Civilization/dp/1408801213/ Western values, institutions etc are neatly summed up in the UN Declaration of Human Rights (1946) and the European Declaration of Fundamental Rights (2000) un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/ ec.europa.eu/justice/fundamental-rights/charter/index_en.htm Fukuyama, Francis The End of History (1992) amazon.co.uk/End-History-Last-Man/dp/024196024X Estimates of jihadists leaving Europe uk.businessinsider.com/afp-more-than-6000-european-jihadists-in-syria-eu-official-2015-4 Daesh have formed the largest volunteer fighting force since World War 2 aeon.co/essays/why-isis-has-the-potential-to-be-a-world-altering-revolution Daesh are selling an inspiring message aeon.co/essays/why-isis-has-the-potential-to-be-a-world-altering-revolution Jihadists are motivated by “sacred values” artisresearch.com/the-devoted-actor-sacred-values-and-willingness-to-fight-preliminary-studies-with-isil-volunteers-and-kurdish-frontline-fighters/ People in the west are not inspired or motivated by western values artisresearch.com/the-devoted-actor-sacred-values-and-willingness-to-fight-preliminary-studies-with-isil-volunteers-and-kurdish-frontline-fighters/ Nothing angers and frustrates Daesh more than seeing Syrians and Iraqis welcomed into the west. theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/09/islamic-state-alan-kurdi-photo-magazine-dabiq-syrian-refugees © delve.tv 2016

• published: 12 Apr 2016
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