In 2015, almost 90,000 children applied for asylum in EU member states — 91 percent — were young men aged between 16 or 17 and one in two unaccompanied children came from Afghanistan.
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The statistics obtained by Eurostat by the ministries of interior, justice and immigration of the different member states reveal that Italy is home to the majority of children and teenagers arriving alone in the EU. Sweden has the second largest share, followed by the UK.
Two years ago, 23,000 unaccompanied children arrived in the EU. By 2016, that number was 88,265 — almost all of them young men.
Professor Valerie Hudson, an expert in social and international affairs at Texas A&M University highlighted the issue of male-dominated societies in January 2016. Professor Hudson told Sputnik that the social legacy of the refugee crisis would be an alteration in the sex ratios of Europe.
"It appears that one of the legacies will be an alternation in the sex ratios of Europe — a masculinization of the sex ratios. That, in turn, may lead to another legacy, a tragic legacy, which is a less open society for women," Professor Hudson predicted.
Meanwhile, the European Union's scheme to redistribute 160,000 migrants among member states has already fallen short since it was agreed in 2015.
Many member states are refusing to adopt the EU policy, forcing the European Commission to impose financial penalties — sanctions of up to US$287 (250,000 euros) per person on countries rejecting to take their fair share of asylum seekers.
As EU member states argue over resettlement quotas, the number of men women and children, many of whom are orphans, continue to arrive.
The numbers and sex ratio of asylum seekers speak for themselves — yet they seem to be ignored by Europe's politicians.
