Heh, I know close to jack-shit about policies too.
Offering asylum to refugees is good and nice and all. And no one is going to call you an ingrate or bigot for that.
However, right now Europe is getting bum-fucked thanks to the sheer amount and rate at which they are literally streaming in, it's unbelievable.
And the fact that the media has had blackouts (Look at Germany) and cover-ups elsewhere on anything that infringes the agenda/image that the migrants are 'just asylum seekers/peaceful immigrants blah blah" is very very sickening.
Greece was already in bad shape, and when they took them in well I'm not sure how to describe it.
Yes a good majority of them are genuinely fleeing for their lives, but I don't think this mixture of misunderstanding and completely short-sighted planning/execution will ever work.
You can only house these people for so long, and in the event they don't ever integrate or contribute to society should they choose to remain there (if any country even allows them unlimited refuge) what can you even do about that.
Some have returned after being disillusioned, since clearly the countries aren't prepared to handle them (some can't stand the food they're literally given for free out of goodwill, among a whole list of 'complaints').
Of course, with the good comes the bad and this is no exception.
Common sense would dictate having just not some sort of border defense/patrol/checkpoint enforcement but a highly reliable and efficient one. (Which, in almost all respects cannot cope)
You want to try to filter whom you can and cannot take in.
And I honestly don't believe it works well as far as 'background' checking goes, I mean these guys are literally from some Middle Eastern country and it's either a yes or no thing when it comes down to it.
Makes sense since you only make an educated discernment/guess at BEST.
How'd you know this dude wasn't just fleeing for real and the next woman is a legit radical who just wants to infiltrate ? Even better if they have a child tagged along.
Not even any room for discrimination excuses here, just simple and clear common sense and pragmatism.
Still the fact remains that once the genuine asylum-seekers actually get there and find out it is NOT what they were expecting/told of what can even be done for these people except ask them to make do, and increasingly at the expense of the economy and more ?