Hundreds of immigrants crossing into Europe from Africa and the Middle East have risked injury and death seeking a new life for their families. Here is the step-by-step process by which they emigrate and the hardships they face on their journey:

Step 1: Families make spur-of-the-moment decision to leave behind the opportunity, safety, creature comforts, and overall happy existence in their native land to mooch off resources of European governments

Families make spur-of-the-moment decision to leave behind the opportunity, safety, creature comforts, and overall happy existence in their native land to mooch off resources of European governments Step 2: Pack a few granola bars and a bottle of water for the long trip



Pack a few granola bars and a bottle of water for the long trip Step 3: Human traffickers assure group of immigrants that boat carrying them across Mediterranean is meant to hold this many people



Human traffickers assure group of immigrants that boat carrying them across Mediterranean is meant to hold this many people Step 4: Scare the shit out of some sunbathers on a Greek beach



Scare the shit out of some sunbathers on a Greek beach Step 5: Arriving refugees fill out one-part questionnaire on whether they intend to destroy Europe



Arriving refugees fill out one-part questionnaire on whether they intend to destroy Europe Step 6: Trudging



Trudging Step 7: Migrants blend in by joining a protest disparaging their ethnicity and culture



Migrants blend in by joining a protest disparaging their ethnicity and culture Step 8: Hightail it through Hungary as quickly as possible



Hightail it through Hungary as quickly as possible Step 9: Parents traveling with young children repeatedly assure themselves kids’ long-term memory capacity hasn’t kicked in yet



Parents traveling with young children repeatedly assure themselves kids’ long-term memory capacity hasn’t kicked in yet Step 10: Angela Merkel bestows each migrant with their new German name



Angela Merkel bestows each migrant with their new German name Step 11: Migrants who fled Islamic terrorists decide to just go ahead and become Islamic terrorists in new country

