Europe is in the throes of a refugee crisis. Even the Dalai Lama agrees that there are “too many” refugees inside the European Union. Admittedly, a record 1.3 million refugees sought asylum within the European Union last year, with thousands more applying for asylum every month. Remember: The European Union accounts for 17 percent of global GDP; Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for a little more than 3 percent. How else to describe a collective tendency to obsess over a refugee crisis in (rich, white) Europe, rather than in (poor, black) Africa?

Source: Washington Post November 03, 2016 20:14 UTC