EU migration policy not good enough
Europe is currently sleepwalking into the next migration crisis. Last year alone, at least 330,000 illegal migrants arrived in Europe – that’s over 60 per cent more than in 2021 and more than at any time since 2015 and 2016. These numbers are unacceptable and show that existing European migration policies have failed. A recent survey by Eurobarometer measured that 70 per cent of Europeans are worried about the impact of migration on their lives. The special migration summit is a crucial opportunity to revive a broken migration agenda. We are concerned with two central pillars. First, we need strong protection of our external borders. We need a fully operational and strengthened border and coast guard (Frontex). The state, not the mafia, decides who comes to Europe and who does not. If we want to maintain free movement inside the EU, then people must know that the external borders are protected. In our view, this also means building fences wherever this may be necessary. When dictator Alexander Lukashenko started using migrants to attack Europe as part of Russia’s hybrid war, the European Commission refused to finance this with EU funds. It is simply a reality of border...