I believe that Angela Merkel has a lot to answer for with regard to her open offer of settlement, the promotion of "the free movement of people" and open borders. Did she not realise it would be like opening a grocery shop that gave out free food; you'd never be short of customers and many of them wouldn't be there because of need, they'd be there because it was free (see "food banks").
Most of this swarm (word chosen deliberately as it describes a host of individuals intent on improving their own lot without thought care for the inevitable deviation caused) are not fleeing from war or terror, they are moving toward what they perceive to be a promised land flowing with milk and honey (and I'm sure they won't appreciate the Jewish/Christian scriptural reference, but I don't care).
I have heard it said that some people think that most of the migrants flooding out of Africa and Afghanistan are terrorists. Personally I don't think that "most" are terrorists, but EU figures seem to show that only one in four are Syrians. I would guess that even of that number the bulk are economic migrants rather than destitute downtrodden refugees in the true definition of the term.
The crisis, which Angela Merkel has single-handedly done so much to exacerbate again shows the stupidity of the socialist dream of a federalised, centralised "United States of Europe". The thinking that one policy fits all, be it monetary, diplomatic, asylum seekers or even Health and Safety is patently ludicrous and unworkable. When will she realise that prosperity only lies in a the free movement of commodities, goods, and services across boarders (i.e. a Common Market) and not "Ever Closer (political and monetary) Union?
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