So what does that mean the REAL number will be? Twice that? More?
What percentage will be Muslim?
And even Sweden now needs emergency aid to deal with the crisis!
The forecast, buried in a 204-page report on the future of the European economy, will add to an already burning debate in Europe about whether the continent can handle the influx, which has broken all modern records.
So far this year, more than 760,000 people have entered the continent seeking refuge or jobs, according to the U.N.’s refugee agency. The new arrivals have badly strained government resources in countries all along the trail, which leads from the Mediterranean Sea in the south to richer nations in Europe’s north.
[A global surge in refugees leaves Europe struggling to cope]
One of the more affluent countries, Sweden, said on Thursday it would apply for emergency E.U. aid, an admission that it is failing to cope. The country, which has taken the largest per capita share of refugees of any E.U. country, is expecting 190,000 asylum seekers this year — double its previous record.