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74 pct of Europeans want EU to do more to manage influx of migrants: poll

Xinhua, August 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

About 74 percent of Europeans want the European Union (EU) to do more to manage the situation, according to the latest Eurobarometer poll commissioned by the European Parliament.

According to the poll results posted Tuesday on the European Parliament website, about two thirds of respondents said EU action on migration was insufficient.

The Eurobarometer survey was conducted among 27,969 people from all EU countries on April 9-18.

According to EU border agency Frontex, the total number of detections of illegal crossings in the EU external borders reached 1.83 million in 2015 (compared to 283,500 the year before) although it should be noted that a person can illegally cross an external border more than once and thus may be counted more than once too.

Europe is faced with a significant influx of migrants: hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and poverty are traveling to Europe in search of safety and a better life. As the EU searches for the best approach to deal with this unprecedented increase in migration, members of the European Parliament press for a comprehensive and fair asylum system.

On July 6, members of the European Parliament voted in favor of creating an EU border control system that will bring together the EU's border agency Frontex and national border management authorities. Endit