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Across Borders
In: FP, Heft 214
ISSN: 0015-7228
In April, a 66-foot boat carrying some 850 migrants across the Mediterranean Sea to Italy capsized, killing almost all those on board. The tragedy catapulted migration issues to the forefront of Brussels's political agenda, as ministers grappled with how to deal with Europe's influx of asylum-seekers and migrants without documentation. The European Union's proximity to protracted conflicts in the Middle East and Africa, as well as economically depressed areas in Eastern Europe, has made member countries -- particularly Germany, Hungary, France, Italy, and Sweden -- top destinations for asylum-seekers. In the first four months of 2015, EU member states received 242,075 first-time asylum applications, an 80% increase from the same period in 2014. No one can deny that migration is a fullblown regional crisis. The question now is whether the EU has the collective will and resources to solve it. Adapted from the source document.