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European Union and Aegean Sea

Aegean Sea: Today image is just one distressing scene from Europe growing migrant crisis, according to Globe and Mail. There is no simple solution to the crisis. This part of the Aegean Sea has long been a playground for European holidaymakers, but in the past few months it has become a highway, and also a graveyard, for an increasing number of far more desperate travellers. But one thing at least has become clear: Europe is mishandling it, badly. Bankrupt and depression-ridden Greece, where many refugees are landing, cannot afford for them to stay. The European Union can no longer reconcile labour mobility inside the open-borders, passport-free Schengen zone with the Dublin Regulation, the rule that an asylum-seeker must make his application in the EU country where he first arrived – and normally must stay there until his case is resolved. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.