As
Europe copes with surge of crossings in Mediterranean, new report
argues far deeper insight is needed into migrant decision-making and
smuggler business model.
Facing unprecedented
numbers of asylum seekers and other migrants seeking to gain entry to
Europe via the often perilous Central Mediterranean route, European
policymakers are drawing upon an incomplete evidence base as they seek
to stem the flow of boats that are largely responsible for the inflow of
more than 220,000 people in 2014, a new Migration Policy Institute
Europe report argues.