[Osem]

Whilst people believe or even delude themselves that a better life in the west can be had via people traffickers the flow will not stop. Genuine desperation and fear must play a big part, however, so for those who are genuinely fleeing war zones etc., we should do what we can to provide humanitarian relief as close to their homes as possible, then help them to rebuild their lives as we had to do in Europe after WWII. It's very easy to overlook the fact that there are countless millions of people suffering around the world and suggesting that we can somehow assimilate them all is naïve. Social unrest is already spreading in places where there have been large influxes of refugees/migrants and it will only get worse as the numbers grow and pressure builds on services etc. That's the rather unpleasant reality of the situation we're in and toppling the dictators who kept a lid on so much of this has proved a huge mistake.