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The question is really how to change from "fortress Europe / UK / USA / Australia etc. " to "welcome, come on in" because those return policies would not exist if the electorate rejects them.
You can’t. Most westerners see the first job of government to protect borders, the second to collect bins.
There might need to be an honest conversation about what constitutes a refugee (rather than deliberately making the process so cruel and dangerous). And certainly ending support/involvement in the regime change wars that make mass migration inevitable.
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I can't disagree that the migration across the Med policies are not just.
I didn't say you are pro UK.
The Netherlands got no choice, and things are actually fine. All these scare stories sold by the UK press are just that, my parents live in a city with a large refugee center and the major stood up for a family that was going to be unjustly evicted. The town is behind him.
And Trump got lots of criticism for separation of children, Australia gets lots of their isolation of refugees on an off shore island.
The question is really how to change from "fortress Europe / UK / USA / Australia etc. " to "welcome, come on in" because those return policies would not exist if the electorate rejects them. Like Spain which is very refugee friendly.
I'd like to see the UK play a role in that, at least with the upcoming EU elections we can send refugee friendly MEPs in.