[Osem]

Therein lies the problem and the genuine refugees won't be happy about it either. We really do have to be far more robust in our efforts to separate the genuine from the economic migrants. If the word that there's an easy way into the EU continues to spread like wildfire there are hundreds of millions of desperately people who have very little reason not to give it a try. I don't see anyone applauding that scenario. Furthermore when the current fever of generosity and understanding inevitably wears off our economies continue to falter and the pressure of services, jobs, wages etc. increases I predict a very significant increase in hostility and resentment. What's the EU's plan for that eventuality I wonder...

I believe that's what accounts, in part, for the refusal of certain gulf states to take refugees, they fear their way of life will be undermined and their society destabilised. Maybe they're right too.