The Mediterranean migration crisis has exposed the inadequacy of European and global systems for protecting migrants, which has enabled populist leaders to win support by stoking public fear. That is why vigorous action at the European and global levels – which was sorely lacking in 2015 – is essential this year.
DUBLIN – The Mediterranean migration crisis has delivered two critical lessons. First, Europe and the international community have grossly inadequate systems for protecting vulnerable migrants. Second, in the absence of such systems, populist leaders will prey on fear to gain political support, undermining the liberal, tolerant societies that have taken 70 years of hard work to build.
DUBLIN – The Mediterranean migration crisis has delivered two critical lessons. First, Europe and the international community have grossly inadequate systems for protecting vulnerable migrants. Second, in the absence of such systems, populist leaders will prey on fear to gain political support, undermining the liberal, tolerant societies that have taken 70 years of hard work to build.