Back in 2017, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said Hungary and Poland’s opposition to mass migration would have caused the EU to reject them if they weren’t already member states. An investigation that same year found Angela Merkel had violated German law when she opened the borders to migrants, but she still claimed she would do nothing differently. French president Emmanuel Macron criticized the Italian government in 2018 for not accepting an “NGO” boat loaded with refugees.
Many European leaders like the positive press they get for supporting immigration, but they usually don’t want migrants settling in their countries. Angela Merkel wants them settled in a “fairer” way, which means she wants them spread around because they are burden. President Macron’s France dumped refugees in Italy. Former Italian deputy prime minister Salvini said Italy must not be the “refugee camp of Brussels, Paris, Berlin.” European leaders want to spread the cost of immigration.
The obvious solution would be a collective effort to stop the flow. Instead, Europeans keep trying to dump unwanted migrants on each other — until now. Turkey may be forcing Europeans finally to take a common stand. ...
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