10 ways to manage the migration crisis
1) Establish a standard asylum procedure across Europe
2) Provide a safe and swift alternative to a meaningful number of refugees
3) End the war in Syria
4) Give Syrians employment rights in Turkey
5) Persuade Gulf countries to take in more Syrians
6) Provide economic alternatives in smuggling communities
7) End the war in Libya
8) End repression and extremism in Eritrea and Afghanistan
9) Increase development in west Africa
10) Learn from precedent
A complex problem like the current crisis of refugees and migrants requires a multifaceted and sustained response. These 10 suggestions are spelled out in an article by Patrick Kingsley, the migration correspondent of the “Guardian” newspaper. None is simple but all have merit.