Mass Migrations Could Yet Bring Europe Down
Events in Afghanistan and Belarus are just the latest reminders that the European Union is weak, hypocritical and largely defenseless against the migrations to come.
Migrants trapped between Belarus and the EU.
Photographer: Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images
There must be no repeat of 2015. That’s been the refrain from politicians across the European Union as they watch the unfolding humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, which can be expected sooner or later to cause renewed mass migration.
These European politicians include candidates for chancellor in Germany, nervous about a national election on Sep. 26; leaders such as Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, who’s already ruled out accepting any refugees from Afghanistan; or French President Emmanuel Macron demanding a “robust response” to any new influx of migrants.