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Immigration and confusion

Release Date: 2025-11-14
Media: eKathimerini.com
Summary: Immigration will shape Europe’s future, but irregular migration is extremely complex: solutions in one area often create new pressures elsewhere, and well-intentioned policies collide with prejudice and past failures. European countries need migrant workers to avoid demographic and economic decline, yet public fears that immigrants are “too many” or “too different” fuel anti-immigration and anti-EU movements. These forces weaken governments, obstruct EU actions, and threaten the Union’s cohesion, making leaders reluctant to address the issue openly.

This hesitation was evident when EU Commissioner Magnus Brunner unveiled the first Annual Migration Management Cycle on a Belgian holiday with minimal notice, resulting in little media coverage and few details—especially regarding the “Solidarity Pool,” a key feature of the Migration and Asylum Pact scheduled for 2026. The report notes that Greece, Cyprus, Spain, and Italy face disproportionate migratory pressure and will qualify for support. However, some member states refuse both the relocation of migrants and financial contributions, while others condition their participation on first-entry countries accepting returns under the Dublin II rules.

Resolving such disagreements will be difficult, especially with national elections approaching. The longer EU institutions and governments avoid explaining the benefits of immigration, the stronger fragmentation-driven political forces become.
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