The Arab Exodus: Two million people fled into Europe because of the Spring rebellions

Asylum seekers from Arab Spring countries and West African nations suffering civil strife surged into Europe last year new figures have revealed.

The Brookings Institution, a Washington-based think tank, said almost two million people have left their homes over the last year as a result of the impact of the Arab Spring across North Africa and the Middle East.

Europe's largest group of migrants for a third consecutive year was from Afghanistan.

To date, rulers have been forced from power in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and civil uprisings have erupted in Bahrain and Syria as well as Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco and Oman. Read More

Note: Did they leave their wives, girlfriends and children behind?