Migrant Crisis: What Else Could Europe Try?

Professor Jane McAdam speaks with BBC World Inquiry.

Tens of thousands of migrants continue to queue at the borders of the European Union in search of a better life. Their journeys are often hazardous and thousands have drowned in the Mediterranean trying to reach Italy or Greece. Attempts to share the burden among EU member states have been dogged by internal politics. And Europe’s actions so far have focussed on deterrence despite little evidence that such a strategy will work. So, in this week’s BBC World Inquiry, asks what else Europe could try – and whether there are examples from other places, and other times, from which the EU’s leaders could learn. It looks at the 1980s resettlement process in response to the Vietnamese “boat people” crisis; and examines Australia’s offshore processing of migrants; and whether focussing on the “front line”, helping those countries migrants are leaving, is a realistic option.

Listen to the full episode, BBC World Inquiry.