Abstract
The refugee immigration problem can be considered as a special “transportation problem”. Linear Programming Model is built, where two objectives with weight in the objective function, for the shortest routes that the refugees go along and the minimum number of refugees stayed in each country. An example of EU is introduced and calculated on Lingo software. The results show that the model is available to solve the refugee immigration problem in different scale.
Highlights
In recent years, the tribal, ethnic and religious conflicts are continuous in the West Asia and North Africa
The latest data of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) show that about 380 thousand refugees have arrived in Europe, which has surpassed the total of last year [1]
We estimate the number of migrants EU member states are being asked to take, and we assume that the number of refugee in each month is equal
Summary
The tribal, ethnic and religious conflicts are continuous in the West Asia and North Africa. These conflicts bring about substantial refugees who have to migrate to other countries. The latest data of UNHCR show that about 380 thousand refugees have arrived in Europe, which has surpassed the total of last year [1]. Mediterranean locates among Europe, Africa and the Asian continent, so it is the essential channel for refugees to reach Italy, Greece and Spain through the Mediterranean. According to the date of the international organization for migration (IOM), about 70% of the refugees crossed Mediterranean to reach Greece, about 28% to reach Italy [2]. Since 2014, about ten thousand Middle East refugees continue to enter European countries, the refugee problem gradually enter the vision of
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