Australians can be thankful that our immigration challenges remain nowhere near the severity seen in Europe, which has become ground zero for the fallout of border policy failures.Unchecked illegal immigration has frayed the social fabric, strained welfare systems, undercut national security and emboldened right-wing populism across the Continent. Last week’s rush of an estimated 60,000 people from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta probably marks the Continent’s gravest migration crisis since German chancellor Angela Merkel’s misguided act of compassion to allow a million Syrians to resettle in her country just over a decade ago.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Europe shows where bad immigration policy ends
The Australian government should stop playing defence against One Nation and be willing to level with voters about the trade-offs of a lower migration intake.
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