Britain and the EU responded dismally to the 2015 migrant crisis. The number of \u2018irregular entries\u2019 is up by 84% this year \u2013 and the ways to deal with the issue now range from limited to bizarre<\/p>
In a week when Russia threatened to annex more territory in Ukraine<\/a>, gas shortages loomed, and inflation and Covid surged across Europe, it seems almost unkind to remind EU and UK leaders of another crisis that is unfolding, largely unremarked, right under their noses. As Claudius laments in Shakespeare\u2019s Hamlet<\/em>: \u201cWhen sorrows come, they come not single spies, \/ But in battalions.\u201d<\/p> As if defeating Russian aggression was not enough of a challenge, Europe now also faces rapidly rising new \u201cwaves\u201d of undocumented asylum seekers. Given the sociopolitical upheavals that ensued after 1 million refugees, mostly Syrians, arrived on Europe\u2019s shores in 2015<\/a>, the EU and UK might be expected to be better prepared this time.<\/p> Continue reading...<\/a>\n