How Facebook is helping Syrian refugees flee to Europe…

Jenan Moussa is a great Middle East reporter and today she went into a short explication of how “the Facebook Factor” is helping Syrians escape Turkey and begin the long arduous trip to Europe by way of human smugglers:

So we’ve been trying to discover the reason why all of these refugees suddenly started appearing on the doorstep of the European Union. If you’re conspiracy minded you’ll think that it’s a big ISIS orchestrated campaign to overtake Europe. Or you could see Angela Merkel’s guilt over the sins of World War II and the Holocaust as the principle cause, as she made the call to invite as many refugees as possible.

But, if you’re a fan of Occam’s Razor, then perhaps Jenan’s explanation that the discovery of a new, cheaper smuggling route, and the increased access to smugglers via Facebook, is more of a reasonable answer.

Or what the heck, why not all three?


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