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Originally Posted by Damien
What can actually be done about the migration crisis anyway? At the moment 35,000 people are at Turkey's borders, Aleppo in Syria is hemorrhaging citizens and Libya isn't in great shakes either.
The whole thing is will only get further out of control and I think there is a feeling that we're at the precipice of something quite bad unless a radical solution is found.
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I had that feeling when I started this thread...
There are no easy solutions but allowing vast numbers of economic migrants and even refugees to effectively choose where they go was always going to be a big mistake and the direct cause of even more problems. Like it or not, we have to be resolute in protecting our/Europe's borders and making as much provision as we reasonably can to assist genuine refugees massing on or near those borders. At the very least, showing that economic migrants will not benefit from swelling the numbers by being allowed into the EU under false pretences should reduce the amount willing to make the trip in the first place.
Given the huge numbers, the best thing we can do for genuine refugees is to provide safe haven as close to the home nations as reasonably possible. Secure camps well provided with food, water, services etc. When the fighting stops, we're then going to need to help these people move back to their homes and start to rebuild their lives. What we can't do sadly is allow everyone who's a refugee, desperate or vulnerable to start a new life in Europe. We're already seeing the inevitable consequences of that and it isn't pleasant.