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European migrant crisis will test the integrity and unity of European Union

European Union laws are on the verge of breakdown as Europe suffers through its worst migrant crisis since Yugoslavian was in the 90s.

The above picture shows the body of a Syrian boy, shored up in Turkey's beach resort who drowned along with his brother and mother while crossing from Turkey to Europe via sea. This picture has gained focus across world media this week and rattled European leaders as well as people, who are in total confusion over how to handle this humanitarian crisis.

While some countries have opened their arms to Syrian refugees like Germany, countries like UK has neglected calls for greater involvement in providing asylum to seekers.

Crisis in Middle East, led by rise of Islamic State, who are not hesitant to kill even a child and heavy war in Syria as well as Yemen has led to massive flow of asylum seekers in Europe.

Germany, led by Chancellor Merkel is planning to accept 800,000 refugees this year, while UK has accepted about 216 so far. Rules like first registration of Migrants in countries they appear are on verge of breakdown as poorer nations like Greece, Hungary doesn't have the infrastructure to handle massive inflow of refugees.

Watch out for European leaders' meeting on September 14th over this issue. It remains crucial for market too as migrant benefits has been part of UK's negotiation plans with EU, failure of which might lead Britain out of EU.

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