Hvordan reagerer Europa på den økende mennesketrafikken over Middelhavet? Ifølge forfatteren og Mail on Sundays spaltist Peter Hitchens ved å ignorere den – konsekvensene også – og håpe at alle problemer går over av seg selv.

We are ignoring a European crisis that is going to change all our lives irreversibly and for ever. It is the huge, tragic surge of African migrants across the Mediterranean.

Once inside the borderless European Union, these newcomers can and will settle anywhere. There is no law or power that can stop them.

Særlig ikke når kaoset råder i Libya.

For å illustrere en mulig utvikling, bruker Hitchens USA som pedagogisk eksempel:

It reminds me of how the US-Mexican border used to be 20 years ago, when they simply could not cope with the multitudes of economic migrants hurrying across the muddy dribble that is the Rio Grande. For in summer, the Mediterranean, like the Rio Grande, is no real barrier.

That vast illegal migration from Mexico helped to transform the USA into the bilingual, multicultural nation it has since become. Something similar may be in store for Europe.

Hitchens legger lista lavt, men likevel for høyt:

It would be a good start if we admitted that this is actually happening.

Så ville jo handlingslammelsen bli pinlig opplagt.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2651725/PETER-HITCHENS-The-desperate-brave-faces-Europes-secret-crisis.html