Mass
migrations are a new feature in the international relations list of collective
challenges. They will remain in the list for a long time. As such, they require
a comprehensive response and the engagement of all the key players, including
the EU States and Africa.
We, in Europe, cannot see the matter as an
Italian or Greek problem, we cannot keep a country-based perspective. This must
be a shared problem. We should also avoid a simplification of the matter and
say this will be solved when the Libyan crisis is over or the day Niger and
other countries in the Sahel have a better control of their borders.
We
should also realise that the responses can only be partial, as the pressure to
move North will continue for a very long time.
But
that does not prevent us from taking action now. People crossing into Europe
have to be properly screened. Those who have genuine reasons to apply for
asylum should be processed fast and given a chance to start a new life in one
of the EU countries. Everybody else should be treated with greater scrutiny,
including their work skills. In the end, most of them would have to be
repatriated.
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