Coping with unwanted migration

New York

GOVERNMENTS appear overwhelmed by the mounting challenges of unwanted migration. Only so many options are available, and none are acceptable to all voters. But as the British government recently discovered, surging migration has become an issue of political survival.

During the first half of 2016, almost a quarter million refugees and migrants entered Europe, more than twice as many as during the same period in 2015. Estimates indicate that the criminal networks which facilitated illegal entries into Europe may have earned up to US$6 billion in 2015.