At present, almost one fourth of the young people living in the Middle East are unemployed, Skaarup maintained, referring to reports from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Millions of unemployed young people will not wait for their corrupt and ineffective governments to implement reforms urged by the IMF. His death led to massive uprisings first in Tunisia and then in a number of other Middle East and North African countries. "There is good reason to apprehend a new wave of unemployed young people from North Africa and the Middle East crossing Europe's borders. But not take more of their young unemployed, as we already have too many," he added.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 29, 2018 07:41 UTC