A new report by the European Union (EU) said the continent has not seen an influx of refugees like the current one since World War II.
Officials with the EU claimed Wednesday that the adjoined countries’ rules and beliefs are at risk under the current “migration crisis [that is] without equivalent in Europe since the Second World War.”
Millions of Middle Eastern and northern African migrants have fled their home countries as the Islamic State and other terrorist groups have gained ground in Syria, Iraq and surrounding nations.
European nations have continued to struggle with absorbing the mass numbers of people. Following terrorist attacks in Paris, France and Brussels, Belgium over the past six months, some nations have continued to accept hundreds of thousands of refugees inside their countries.
Frontex, a group that coordinates European border management according to EU fundamental rights, reported 1.82 million individuals chose to enter Europe illegally in 2015. In addition, England saw a 70 percent increase in the number of migrants who used invalid documents in an attempt to enter the country.
Only 5,409 of the total forged documents in 2015 were issued by EU member states, indicating fraud among migrants was the reason for the spike.
