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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