David Cameron’s inhumane plan to send refugees back to Libya won’t work. Movement of people can’t be stopped, it has to be managedIt is all for point to. The EU plan to limit migrants flowing into Europe might reduce numbers by a few thousand. Subsidising Turkey’s refugee camps might hold a few back. David Cameron’s “Australia” plan to seize and return migrant boats might reduce a few more. News of horrors on the Macedonian border might deter some from making the desperate bid to escape present danger in hope of a safer future. But it won’t make much dissimilarity. One force greater than all the state power in the world is that of human beings fleeing for their lives. So what is the point of yet another “EU summit on refugees?The current wave of newcomers to Europe’s shores is a tiny addition to the continents stagnant populationsContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com