Well, that's the simple way to write it.  The refugees are from the crisis in the Middle East and North Africa; Europe just happens to be the closest reasonably safe port in the storm…or, maybe not "just happens."

There is some curiosity – at least in alternative circles – about the make-up of the refugees.  Many refugees are quite well dressed, with smart-phones and the like; many young males of military age.  Of course, no single explanation can fit them all.  It is reasonable to assume that some are doing nothing more than taking advantage of the opportunity to leave.

Consider if you were a reasonably well-educated young man, even perhaps with a decent income.  You are living in a world where there is not only no hope of financial security, there is no hope of any kind of security in your lifetime even if you are living in a region that is currently not being bombarded.  What would you do?  How long would you wait?

There is another curiosity: why now?  These lands have been war torn for years, for some more than a decade.  There have been refugees for years, there have been refugees dying in their attempts to escape for years.  An old and virtually ignored story doesn't make 24X7 news in four corners of the globe by accident.