Almost nothing in the shambolic, belated response of the EU institutions seems to be being thought through. There is no sense of genuine cooperation, mutual understanding of the problems of member countries or consideration of the consequences for infrastructure and social cohesion. There is just accusation and suspicion and a strange kind of self-abnegation as if this must all be our fault – which really helps no one and certainly does nothing to address the central problem of the region which presents the most urgent refugee need. We now have a lawless, life-threatening dilemma in our midst which will become a full-scale catastrophe if it is not faced with the enlightened conscientiousness which was once Europe’s great gift to the world.
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