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come from Libya and said, "The hypothesis of a military intervention in
Libya is not on the table," and added that it is impossible to create peace
in North Africa with the use of force. 44

Indeed, the exact solution to the influx of asylum seekers the EU
is being subjected to lies in clearing away the causes of this immigra-
tion. According to statistics in the report prepared by the Office of the
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the primary reason behind immi-
gration is because those people are in genuine fear for their safety and

security as disorder grips the MENA region.
The report prepared by the Office of UN High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNCHR), shows further growth in forced displacement in

the first half of 2014. The report states that 5.5 million people have been
forced out of their homes in the first half of 2014; 1.4 million of those
passed through international borders and became refugees after fleeing
their home countries and the remaining 4.1 million have been force-
fully displaced within their own countries. In his assessment about the
report, stating that the refugee problem is a result of conflicts going
on in the world, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres

said, "As long as the international community continues to fail to find polit-
ical solutions to existing conflicts and to prevent new ones from starting, we
will continue to have to deal with the dramatic humanitarian consequences." 45

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