2001 Montcrabin refugee crisis
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During 2001, there was a period of significant movement of Montcrabin refugees into Jackson. 500 thousand people came to the country in hopes of asylum, the most in a single year since the Creeperian Civil War. They were mostly ethnic Homards, but also included Monsettlels and even some Crabin groups. The increase in asylum seekers has been attributed to the anti-communist crack-down in Montcrabe, which went into full effect in 1974, but was relaunched in late 1999 after various communist and democratic protests and riots in Perelocusta.
Between 1974 and 1999, Montcrabin refugees were publicly welcomed into Jackson by sitting presidents x y and z during press events and debates and accepted into the general population. More than 430,000 refugees had their citizenship applications accepted.[lower-alpha 1] Starting with the presidency of Beau Lush, only 2,693 new montcrabin citizens had their citizenship applications accepted. Between 2001 and 2003, more than 200,000 citizens were deported back to Montcrabe under Lush's leadership, with some having no previous affiliation with Montcrabe except for protesting against its government. [1] According to various reports and investigations, Beau Lush secured victory in the 2000 Jackson Presidential Election with monetary and political assistance from the government of Montcrabe. These claims allege that the government of Montcrabe, through its Principal Investment Fund and the Crabwater Group, interfered in the electoral process to favor Lush's candidacy. Most details of the supposed meddling remain a subject of ongoing investigation, with claims ranging from financial support to the dissemination of disinformation aimed at discrediting Lush's opponents, and even blackmail. According to declassified reports from the Jackson Intelligence Bureau, Lush waged war on and deported members of Montcrabe's Communist Movement, in return for the Montcrabin government's support and funding. Hundreds of thousands of refugees were captured in Jackson and returned to Montcrabe where, some allege, they were "beaten, imprisoned, and murdered" [2] by Montcrabin officials.
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Terminology
News outlets and academic sources refer to the 2001 events as both refugee crisis and migrant crisis, often interchangeably. Some argue, though, that the use of the term migrant crisis is inaccurate in the context of people fleeing political suppression and persecution because it implies that they are emigrating voluntarily rather than being forced to leave.
Causes of Montcrabin refugees
Means of entry into Jackson
Peak of the crisis
Jackson response
Public opinion
Notes
- ↑ 431,000 applications for citizenship were accepted between 1974 and 1999 compared to 512,000 total applications, with an acceptance rate of 84%.
References
- ↑ "Jackson Statistics: Net Migration". Department of Statistics - Jackson. December 20, 2018.
- ↑ Macmiller, Beau Lush, ed. (2015). Beau Lush: My Corruption. Rochester. ISBN 978-3-643-90802-5. OCLC 406300783.
