The EU risks suffering the same fate as the Roman empire if it does not regain control of its borders and stop the “massive influx” of refugees from the Middle East and central Asia, the Dutch prime minister has warned.
Mark Rutte, whose government assumes the EU’s rotating presidency in January, said southern EU countries had yet to implement the policies agreed to stem the flow, which has exceeded 850,000 arriving by sea so far this year, according to the International Organisation for Migration.
He said Greece, where more than 700,000 have landed, may have to increase its “reception capacity” to at least 100,000. Athens has committed to about half that, insisting Greece did not want to become a giant refugee camp.
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