[Osem]

The fiscal impact of immigration and the real impact of illegal immigration and abuse of the asylum system are not the only issues of concern here. There's an increasing security issue here, not to mention the message being sent out to the world's poor that if you find yourself some traffickers you'll eventually get what you want - a new life in Europe. Of course traffickers aren't renowned for telling the whole awful truth to their clients and those clients are only too willing to believe a better life can be had elsewhere - hence the bodies floating in the Med. It's an awful situation.