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"There should be an index ranking member states according to their ability to absorb migrants" (Photo: noborder network)

Facing the EU's migrant crisis

Almost every day, new reports emerge detailing the skyrocketing numbers of migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean into Europe. In the first three months of 2015, more than 31,500 people have made the crossing to Italy and Greece alone, with a death toll of over 1800.

Despite appeals from leaders worldwide for a solution to this humanitarian crisis, the European Union’s response has so far been woefully inadequate. While most EU member states have agreed that something needs to ...

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"There should be an index ranking member states according to their ability to absorb migrants" (Photo: noborder network)

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