Waves of migration a call for global action

FROM the shores of the Mediterranean to the beaches of Malaysia, an intense escalation in international migration threatens the global order. In the large European countries of Germany, France and Britain, a rough estimate suggests that around 5 per cent of the population is born outside the country where they live.

The pressure on more to enter is mounting. During the first weekend of June, crews rescued 3,400 migrants off the coast of Libya, and more than …