What’s behind Europe’s sharp drop in illegal migration? – Fall in migrant crossings won’t head off tougher immigration clampdowns
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What’s behind Europe’s sharp drop in illegal migration? – Fall in migrant crossings won’t head off tougher immigration clampdowns
Posted by bononoisland
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>The figures aren’t falling because the “underlying causes of migration have changed” but because, in response to a shift in public sentiment, the EU is “experimenting with new ways” of heading migrants off, said The Economist. After the 2015 influx, the EU “put a long bet on deterrence” and, although this has looked like “a poor wager” for some years, this summer “the bet seems to have paid off”.
That’s…yeah.