The migration debate ignores the political question of why hundreds or thousands of underage and adult people are dying trying to reach Europe, while tens of thousands remain mired in inhumane camps.
When EU leaders discuss the coronavirus Recovery Fund at the upcoming meeting of the European Council on Friday, some persistent European stereotypes will accompany negotiations.
Neither widespread popular disaffection with the government nor equally widespread disenchantment with the European Union have helped Vox advance in the polls.
For every asylum application that was accepted in the EU last year, two were rejected. Anti-migration rhetoric has become the lowest common denominator for rightwing populist politics in many of the 28 member states.
