Yes, Europe is not the heaven illegal immigrants are made to believe

Migrants crowd an inflatable dinghy as members of the Italian coast guard approach them off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Sea on April 22. PHOTO: REUTERS

NAIROBI: The current migrant crisis in Europe should be a concern not just to European countries to which the immigrants are running but to all other countries especially in Africa. Thousands of migrants are reportedly arriving in Europe daily, mostly from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, with a few from Africa.

The images of men, women and children in holding camps in Europe are disturbing. These people fleeing war and persecution in their countries of origin and running to places where they believe they would get a home and peace. The image of the two-year-old Syrian boy whose body was washed up on the Turkish beach after the boat smuggling the family to Europe capsized should be disconcerting enough for the world to seek ways of averting such crises in future.