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EU commissioner for migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, meeting refugees at the height of the migration crisis in 2015. (Photo: European Commission)

EU migration solutions are on the table - let's adopt them

There is a myth out there, pushed by those with no answers: Europe's migration "crisis" continues without solutions at an EU level.

It is wrong factually and politically.

First the facts. This year, we have seen around 100,000 irregular border crossings and just over 400,000 asylum applications so far - representing the lowest numbers in many years and an enormous drop from the peak of 1.8 million crossings and 1.3 million asy...

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

EU commissioner for migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, meeting refugees at the height of the migration crisis in 2015. (Photo: European Commission)

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

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