With the civil war in Syria and Iraq, people started to try and emigrate to Europe. This led to thousands of people trying to reach the European Mainland through sailing across the Mediterranean Sea.

The number of people increased dramatically in 2014 and by the summer of 2015, 100,000 people were applying for asylum in Europe a month.

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