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Depends, some suffer in Italy, some get send to Albania and suffer there while others make their way out of Italy and find another place to suffer. For a reasonable amount of them those years of suffering lead to a small financial rewards but none of them make it big. But despite knowing they risk their lifes for a life that will be also hard once they step off that boat, it definitely looks worth it to them.
Does the EU take them in and take care of them? Do they work like very low skilled jobs or something?
I assume they are asylum seekers and don't have passports, I wonder if they end up in asylum centres or try to fly under the radar.
Does the EU take them in and take care of them?
Once they are registered they are divided into two categories, 'real' refugees and economic refugees. A lot of people come from countries like Tunesia, Liberia and other Northern African countries. They want to find a job in Europe, but the EU won't take them in and they are asked to leave. Most people in this categorie know they aren't welcome and end up working illegaly for a bunch of years. I don't know what the average is, but AFAIK a lot of them don't end up settling down also because they and their children don't have acces to healthcare and education and such.
The people who are generally fleeing from war or starvation have a much better outlook, they will be taken in but the process is long and slow. Usually it takes 2 to 3 years before they get some official status and they can't always choose in what European country they end up in. Usually they will try to live somewhere they already know someone and will have low-income jobs until their pensions. If they are already educated before coming here they have a much bigger chance at a good life since they end up with better paying jobs.
Ah I see, thanks for the info. Sad that people find themselves in these situations, or I should say, sad that we created a world like this.