Historical record Record 2015-001

2015 World Events · Annexation, territorial jihadism, and platform influence

European migration crisis peaks

Large numbers of people fleeing war and hardship reached Europe by sea and land routes.

Evidence-led reading

What is stated, why it matters, and what remains uncertain

What this is

A specific-event record selected from the protected World Events source ledger for cross-year research. It is not an exhaustive account of 2015.

Why it matters

It transformed EU politics, border policy, and far-right mobilization.

What is established here

The page faithfully exposes the submitted record and its source boundary. No claim-level evidence packet has yet upgraded the record beyond a research starting point.

What remains uncertain

Starting-point source from the submitted dataset; verify exact dates, attribution, legal posture, casualty figures, and current status before reuse.

Record narrative

Source-bounded summary

Large numbers of people fleeing war and hardship reached Europe by sea and land routes.

Why the ledger includes it

It transformed EU politics, border policy, and far-right mobilization.

Structured fields

Record at a glance

Stable record ID
2015-001
Date or period
2015 onward
Type
Migration / humanitarian crisis
Focus
Humanitarian / political
Impact scope
Continental
Priority
5 of 5
Location label
European Union, European Union
Coordinate precision
Institutional hub coordinate
Actors named by the source record
Refugees; EU member states; Turkey; NGOs
Verification state
source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification

Geographic context

A coordinate locator, not a surveyed event footprint

The submitted record supplies 50.8503, 4.3517 with the precision label “Institutional hub coordinate.” Multi-location events, disputed borders, campaigns, and broad regions cannot be reduced to one point.

Review location and coordinate boundaries
Global coordinate grid for European migration crisis peaks An abstract longitude and latitude grid marking the record coordinate. It is not a political map or a surveyed event boundary.
180°WPrime meridian / equator grid180°E

Source and verification boundary

This remains a starting-point record

Starting-point source from the submitted dataset; verify exact dates, attribution, legal posture, casualty figures, and current status before reuse.

Citation and correction

Use the stable record ID and challenge individual propositions

A correction may concern the date, place, actors, attribution, legal status, figures, coordinate precision, source characterization, or why-pivotal summary without invalidating every other field.

Suggested citation

2IA — International Intelligence Archive. “European migration crisis peaks.” World Events record 2015-001. Reviewed July 27, 2026. https://2ix.org/world-events/2015/2015-001/