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14 March 2020

9:00 AM

14 March 2020

9:00 AM

Auf Wiedersehen, Willkommenspolitik

What a difference five years makes. In the European summer of 2015, a huge wave of illegal immigrants overwhelmed Greece and angrily resisted any efforts to impede their onward journey to what they believed were the gold-paved streets of Germany – spurning the countries on the way which could have offered sanctuary.

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Mark Higgie is the Spectator Australia’s Europe Correspondent

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