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Europe’s hastily constructed migration frameworks have evolved from mere bureaucratic missteps into the calibrated engine of devastation that we see today.
What began as fatally misguided attempts at containment, fixated on hardened borders and outsourced deterrence at a cost of billions, has mutated into a self-perpetuating source of misery, amplifying human suffering to gain an edge in the face of the ever-changing winds of domestic politics.
Naysayers will argue that the crisis that emerged as migrant arrivals increased, and the death tolls from unsuccessful attempts mounted, forced Brussels into what proved to be such a sloppy response and so there was bound to be some “policy drift” — unfortunate mishaps to be temporarily endured until future interventions corrected them.
However, the reality of the situation is rather different, because the sum total of Europe’s failures is now a measurable, accelerating retreat from its proclaimed values, which is being executed using a cold political calculus.
