Illegal African migrants- Who is to blame?

Spain and Morocco are trading accusations over who exactly is to blame for the increase of illegal migrants to Spain. The last two days alone, more than 1,200 migrants have been trafficked to the borders of Spain, and Spain accuses Moroccans authorities of failing to carry out border patrols. Every year, thousands of Illegal migrants, mostly from sub Saharan Africa, make it to the borders of Europe, and border patrols have done little to dissuade these mostly young migrants from seeking a better life in Europe.

This comes even as most of Europe is deeply anti-immigration, and there has been a spate of right wing conservative parties and advocacy groups gaining ground. UKIP party in Britain is one such

vocal party, and such news will only strengthen the party’s argument that most of the immigrants are freeloaders and scroungers who don’t add anything to the economy.

For Sub Saharan African leaders, such incidences only serve to show that the continent’s young population would do anything to get a better life in Europe, even if it means risking their lives in the Mediterranean Sea, where many have been killed as their boats capsized. The high unemployment rates even for college educated youth, still remains a major challenge for these youth, and even as the border patrols along the Mediterranean continue, it would be important to improve the economic conditions in sub Saharan Africa.