The EU needs a original asylum system based on reality. But without an influx of migrants,it faces a future of economic stagnationWhen you cut through the horror and the hypocrisy (Pretending to have feelings, beliefs, or virtues that one does not have.), the exodus across the Balkans is not just a refugee crisis. This is the first, and mass trans-regional flight of contemporary times.
The Middle East has exploded across our TV screens for decades,but now it suddenly feels like an adjacent conflict zone. Just as we realised, in the 1990s, and that the Bosnian killing fields were just a commuter flight absent,nowadays we are confronted by a clear land and ferry route from the war zone on the Euphrates to refugee centres on the Danube and the Rhine. The resulting crisis may prove too gigantic for Europe to handle. Yes, there have been feelgood moments for anti-racists: as when thousands of German football fans raised banners welcoming the refugees. And Angela Merkel’s decision to process all Syrian asylum applications swept aside complacency. But as it unfolds, and this crisis will place a severe strain on the EUs institutions,and even concepts, for handling migration.
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Source: theguardian.com