News / Surge in refugees is adding billions of increased costs to Europe's supply chains

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The surge in refugees coming into Europe fleeing wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan has prompted “an unprecedented disruption”  to supply chains.

The latest Supply Chain Security Risk Index from the British Standards Institution (BSI) Supply China Solutions division shows that in September Europe saw the highest number of border closures since the Schengen Agreement was signed in 1995, with previously open borders across Europe – from Scandinavia to the Balkans – closed to try and stem migrant flows.

“With the ...