Cheap Oil Could Fuel Europe’s Refugee Crisis

As the price of oil falls, Iraq’s Kurds and the UN are struggling to look after those fleeing conflict.
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If only from a purely financial perspective, Europe should care about the refugee crisis engulfing Iraqi Kurdistan, according to the UN.

“There’s no good way of putting it,” said Frederic Cussigh. “It’s unfortunately a lot cheaper to look after the people here than to look after the people in Europe.”